elementary school libraries

Contains more than thirty ready-to-use lesson plans for primary school teachers that connect picture books to the national language arts standards of the NCTE and IRA.

Offers forty lessons with reproducible activity sheets to introduce library skills to kindergarten through sixth grade students, covering how to handle materials, alphabetizing, the parts of a book, using the vertical file, book reports, and more.

Activity guide of thinking activities for 38 popular children's books.

Presents fifteen thirty- to forty-five-minute library lessons for fourth through eighth graders based on books featuring magic, including "A Wrinkle in Time" and "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," and provides evaluation tips and extension activity ideas.

Contains seven lessons plans designed for teachers of primary grades to use in cooperation with school librarians to teach library research skills in conjunction with science and social studies instruction.

Offers advice and strategies for using storytime to teach reading and writing, and includes lesson plans, lists of recommended books, worksheets, and other activities.

Presents forty seven educational games for children in grades K-6 about using the library, fiction, and themes related to coursework.