Solving the Reading Riddle

Price: $40.00
ISBN13: 9781591588443
ISBN10: 1591588448
Book code: LU8844
Libraries Unlimited
Paperback | 126 pages
Publication Date: 04/15/2010

DESCRIPTION

As a children's librarian, you are increasingly being called upon to support schools and parents in teaching children to read?from early literacy initiatives and read-alouds to parent workshops and collection development endeavors. Yet, if you're like most public librarians, you probably have no clue as to what reading strategies other educators use. Understanding reading instruction theory and practice can help you function better in these roles and communicate more effectively with other educators and parents.

Solving the Reading Riddle: The Librarian's Guide to Reading Instruction explains the theories and shows you how to effectively integrate reading instruction theory into your roles as reading advocate, family reading coach, partner with educators, and keeper of the books. Designed for public librarians, this book is also beneficial reading for LIS students in children's librarianship courses, and for teacher-librarians needing more information on this topic.

This book explores what the past 75 years of reading instruction has meant to children, teachers, and parents, and how children's librarians and school media specialists are a crucial part of the developing philosophy and strategy.

While reading instruction may dovetail with the programming or teaching methods of a public library's children's department or school media center, librarians are trained to provide reading advice and selection from a more generalist perspective. Familiarity with reading instruction strategies and goals will enhance the services that librarians provide to children and families.

TITLE FEATURES

· Summarizes and analyzes the last 75 years of reading instruction and the conflicting theories and principles for the nonteaching professional

· Promotes children's library services through the dovetailing of reading instruction principles

· Provides a wealth of children's titles for use in specific services for readers' advisory, reference, student-oriented research, and a multifaceted approach to literature-based programming

· Shows how access to reading and reading opportunities beyond classic collection development initiatives can be accomplished through the concepts of visibility, compatibility, and portability of supporting reading and literacy materials

· Presents an annotated list of teaching and reading instruction resources

· Includes a glossary of reading instruction terminology

· An overall subject index and an index of children's books by category of reading instructional strategy

· Offers a brief history of reading instruction theories

Rita Soltan is currently an independent library youth services consultant and reviews children's books for Kirkus Reviews, The Horn Book Guide, and School Library Journal.