Stephens, Claire Gatrell

Offers new and inexperienced librarians an overview of library management systems, covering topics such as budgeting, television production, collaborating with teachers, and building a comprehensive collection.

"This book provides a straightforward, easy-to-follow procedural manual that will enable school library aides and new school librarians to develop excellent school library collections"--.

A guide to teaching with books having received the Coretta Scott King Award, including an annotated bibliography of more than one hundred works honored, selected biographies of authors and illustrators, and classroom applications for twelve books, with lesson plan ideas for language arts, math, social studies, and science.

Explains how teachers can use story books for character education in the classroom and offers ideas for integration, lesson plans, student activities, and reproducible worksheets.