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Fribble and his friends find a rock that presents a new mystery for them to solve. What secret does the rock hold? Only the library can help Fribble solve his case.

Presents a collection of ten lessons for kindergarten through fifth grade that focuses on basic library skills including the parts of a book, Dewey decimal system, reference tools, and more.

Contains reproducible activity and work sheets designed to help elementary students learn how to use the library media center and increase their interest in reading.

Contains activities designed to help fifth grade students develop skills in locating, understanding, and using materials in the library.

Presents a variety of activities designed to help sixth grade students develop skills in locating, understanding, and using materials in the library.

Presents a curriculum unit for teaching the I-Search process to students in grades kindergarten through twelfth grade, a method that uses the power of student interests to build a personal understanding of the research process and encourage stronger writing skills.

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.

A collection of suggestions for activities and lessons from "LibrarySparks" magazine to teach children in kindergarten through fifth grade critical thinking and library skills, covering a range of content and methods for various grade levels.

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.

Provides step-by-step guidance for library media instructors teaching research to middle school students; explains the research process and how to prepare lesson plans, and covers all steps from choosing topics to moving beyond writing.