children's libraries

Lists 150 picture books about food and includes related activities for preschool children.

When Nicholas finds a small chimpanzee hiding behind the books on the O shelf in the library, he has to help the head librarian find out which book the chimpanzee belongs in by going inside the library's books.

Provides information on how to plan and implement a variety of different reading competitions for middle school students; and includes a list of related websites, techniques for encouraging participation, and advice on recognition, publicity, and other topics.

Contains one hundred annotated reading lists of books for children, covering school subjects, character and values, and genres and themes; listed by author, with an index.

In the late 1800s, many librarians did not allow children to touch books or bring them home, since "they would surely forget to bring them back." Anne Carroll Moore disagreed, and essentially invented the children's library.

Presents resources for better understanding the complex, broad, and evolving legal issues about the Internet that is facing American teens.

A collection of simple stories which can be read or told while doing line drawings on a blackboard.

Contains ready-to-use story hour activities for every letter of the alphabet to help librarians spark young children's love of books.