Reading is our business : how libraries can foster reading comprehension / Sharon Grimes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grimes, Sharon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School libraries--Activity programs--United States.

School libraries.

Reading comprehension--Study and teaching (Elementary)--United States.

Reading comprehension.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : American Library Association, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Reading Is Our Business attempts to cultivate literacy and to encourage library media specialists to resume/assume (depending on who you are talking to) their rightful position as critical partners in the development of reading comprehension.—Sharon Grimes in the Preface. Motivating children to read is essential to building a lifelong love of reading. Many parents cannot model engagement with books and instead, teachers, school media specialists, and children's librarians must step into the breach to help children embrace a love of reading. According to award-winning librarian-educator and aut

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: The Invitation; Chapter 2: Creating a Community; Chapter 3: Connecting; Chapter 4: Visualizing; Chapter 5: Questioning; Chapter 6: Finding Answers; Chapter 7: Determining Importance; Chapter 8: Inferring and Predicting; Chapter 9: Analyzing and Synthesizing; Chapter 10: Transforming Our Libraries to Make Reading Our Business; Appendix; References; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-149) and index.

ISBN:

0-8389-9838-0

OCLC:

476043829