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Looking for the perfect bunny rhyme to add to your story hour program This versatile volume provides you with an A to Z resource to more than 650 traditional children's rhymes, songs, and fingerplays that are based on animals, from alligators to zebras.

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Big Data Shocks examines the roots of big data, the current climate and rising stars in this world. The book explores the issues raised by big data and discusses theoretical as well as practical approaches to managing information whose scope exists beyond the human scale.

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Big Data Shocks examines the roots of big data, the current climate and rising stars in this world. The book explores the issues raised by big data and discusses theoretical as well as practical approaches to managing information whose scope exists beyond the human scale.

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This updated version of The Big6 Collection: The Best of the Big6 Newsletter includes the in-depth articles and practical tips about the Big6 methods that youve come to rely on, with a new twist! New topics include the Super 3 The Early Childhood Version of the Big6 Skills;

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This unique book covers the who, what, when, where, why, and, most important, the HOW of creating a career center or jobseeker program in a public library.

Blueprint for a Job Center at Your Library provides a practical, down-to-earth guide for library staff who wish to better meet one of their patrons' most pressing needs.

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Book Banning in 21st Century America, based on thirteen contemporary book challenge cases in schools and public libraries across the United States argues that understanding contemporary reading practices, especially interpretive strategies, is vital to understanding why people attempt to censor books in schools and public libraries.

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With easy-to-follow tutorial guides, this book is your one-stop-shop for implementing creative activities for all ages on social bookmarking tools.

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Fifteen units focus on authors who speak about their ethnic heritage through their books and those who write or illustrate multicultural materials. Activities that reinforce the multicultural theme and bibliographies of related books and films are also featured.

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The only comprehensive treatment of American library architecture, this work details the evolution of the modern public library from 1850 to the present.

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A book that every children's librarian will love, this series of games and quizzes (cryptograms, word searches, scavenger hunts, plays, and much more) will encourage reading, reading competitions and games.

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Based on her experience as a school librarian and storyteller, the author features 2,000 selected titles suitable for primary school children. These range from picture books and fiction, folklore, and poetry to biography and nonfiction. Each annotated entry provides a brief plot summary, related titles, and subject designations.

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Provides a plot summary, related titles, and subject designations. This book starts with chapters offering informative tips on reading aloud, storytelling, and classroom and library activities. It contains curriculum tie-ins and suggested activities including drama, crafts, research, and problem solving.

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Sixteen chapters, based on such lively themes as Risky Reading (adventure stories), Horrendous Fun (monster stories), and Book, Line, and Sinker (ocean world) contain introductions to the themes, introductory activities, booktalks, annotated bibliographies, and reproducible activity pages that extend learning across the curriculum.

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This book provides a wealth of read-aloud titles and related activities that provide busy teachers with the tools to help students in grades K-12 become successful writers.

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This text contains convenient, ready-to-go booktalks for contemporary fiction and nonfiction books set in every continent around the globe, useful for librarians and other educators of grades three through nine.

A public librarian introducing young readers to stories from around the world.

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Everything librarians need to know to get the most out of booktalking with their teen readers.

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Whether you are a public or school librarian, teacher, or teen group leader, you'll find this collection helpful in motivating teens to read, building their appreciation of books, and in extending learning opportunities beyond the reading experience.

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Encourage elementary and middle school readers to read quality titles pertaining to subjects from across the curriculum.