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Summer Reading Renaissance An Interactive Exhibits Approach

Rita Soltan

Book Code: LU8572

ISBN: 1-59158-572-4

ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-572-5

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264 pages, illustrations

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Publication: 9/30/2008

List Price: $45.00 (UK Sterling Price: £25.95)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Paperback

Trim Size: 8 1/2 x 11

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Description: Energize your library summer reading program with this new approach that involves all ages, and rekindles the desire for children and families to read together for recreation, pleasure, and their own curiosity. No more counting hours or books, no rewards and awards--just reading and learning fun! Drawing on the methodology of museums and learning centers, Soltan offers practical guidelines for designing an interactive, centers-based program; and presents four complete themed units that include complete directions for sample projects, materials lists, and suggested books. She also shows you how to build interest, secure funding, work with vendors, and use technology; as well as how to train staff, create a coordinated, intergenerational, volunteer and school-based community service effort; and how to evaluate your program. This is a creative, hands-on approach that will get readers involved and keep them involved summer after summer, and all summer long.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1: Creating a Renaissance
Chapter 1: Are Library Summer Reading Programs Passe?
Chapter 2: Energized Enthusiasm: Adapting the Museum Model and Learning Centers Approach
Chapter 3: A Summer Reading Revival: Designing a Centers-Based Program
Chapter 4: The Essential Extra: Volunteer Boosters
Chapter 5: Review and Reflect: Measuring Outcomes
Part 2: Sample Centers-Based Programs
Chapter 6: Interactive Intrigue
Chapter 7: Summer Down Under: An Awesome Aussie Experience
Chapter 8: Invention Convention
Chapter 9: Traverse the Universe
Appendix: Additional Outlined Themes
Index

LC Card Number: 2008025702

LCC Class: Z718

Dewey Class: 027

PDF Catalogs:
LU Public Library Spring 2008.pdf


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