Readers' Advisory for Children and 'Tweens
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Readers' Advisory for Children and 'Tweens

  1. 208 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Readers' Advisory for Children and 'Tweens

About this book

This complete guide to youth readers' advisory covers genres, reading interests, and issues, as well as provides lists of sample titles and recommended reading. Finding children and 'tweens great books to read is still a key library service, even in the age of computers. Readers' Advisory for Children and 'Tweens is an easy-to-use, practical guide that will help any library staff member become more comfortable offering this service—and more adept at producing satisfying results. Beginning with basic advice on the readers' advisory interview, the book details how to find books for different age groups, including young children and their parents, emergent readers, transitional readers, and adept readers. It explores genre fiction for 'tweens, nonfiction, poetry and folklore, and graphic novels, and it offers techniques on promoting books and reading. Potentially sensitive issues such as book challenges, assisting English language learners, serving children from various cultures, working with teachers, and helping reluctant readers are addressed, as well. The advice is augmented with handy booklists and descriptions of dozens of websites that aid in youth readers' advisory.

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Yes, you can access Readers' Advisory for Children and 'Tweens by Penny Peck in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & Library & Information Science. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. 1—Readers' Advisory
  5. 2—Special Issues in Readers' Advisory for Children and 'Tweens
  6. 3—Readers' Advisory for Young Children Ages Birth to Five
  7. 4—Readers' Advisory for Emergent Readers Ages Five to Six
  8. 5—Readers' Advisory for Transitional Readers Ages Six to Eight
  9. 6—Readers' Advisory for 'Tweens
  10. 7—Multicultural Books for Children and 'Tweens
  11. 8—Nonfiction Books for Recreational Reading
  12. 9—Folklore for Children and 'Tweens
  13. 10—Poetry for Children and 'Tweens
  14. 11—Graphic Novels and Magazines
  15. 12—Promoting Books to Children and 'Tweens
  16. Suggested Readings
  17. Index