parent participation

Provides parents with more than one hundred strategies to help their children develop good judgement, integrity, and other essential virtues.

Examines the important relationship between children and fathers and explores the link between families, reading, and libraries, offering librarians suggestions on how to encourage fathers to become more involved in their children's education and reading experience.

Examines what families are doing to raise academically successful African-American males, identifies factors that contribute to academic achievement, and offers advice for parents on how to help their sons succeed in spite of racism, crime, and negative cultural influences.

Offers information to teachers, librarians, and parents on how to establish a book club in which members explore current children's literature and help children become lifelong readers; covering the topics of the arts, humor, families in transition, social issues, folklore and mythology, sports fiction, magazines, and others.

Take-home activities for parents to do with children. Each includes a summary of a book and discussion questions.

Advice and directions for implementing a successful homework management system.