Recommended Books for Children’s Librarianship
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Recommended Books for Children’s Librarianship |
Books below found in the MHLS catalog which are only available from the MHLS Professional Collection can be ordered by following these instructions; if the book is also owned by a member library, it may be requested from that library using Request-a-Title.
Professional
Reading...
“How
to Get Your Child to Love Reading" by Esme Raji Codell.
Ideas and lists of kids' books great for librarians.
“Reading
magic : why reading aloud to our children will change their lives forever”
by Mem Fox (Harcourt, 2001).
“From
Cover to Cover: Evaluating and Reviewing Children’s Books” by
Kathleen Horning. It is a great one. It is extremely helpful in learning how to
read reviews and how to select books for children of all ages.
“Ages
and Stages: Birth Through Age Eight,” by Karen Miller (rev. 2001) is another
good read for children’s librarians. Another excellent book about child
development.
“Storytimes
for Two Year Olds” by Jane Nichols
“Family
Storytimes” by Ron Reid
“Something
Funny Happened at the Library” by Ron Reid
“Much
More than ABCs: The Early Stages of Reading and Writing,” by Judith Schickedanz. It discusses literacy-related information from
infancy through early childhood. What
I like best about this book was it talked about child development, book-handling
behaviors, as well as reading/story behaviors. It breaks down young children
by ages and discusses what is age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate
as children learn to read.
"Children
and Books,” by Zena Sutherland, is a text I used in library school,
and it’s a classic.
And
a Storytime Suggestion...
“I’m
A Little Teapot,” by Jane Cobb.
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