Download or read book The Librarian s Guide to Developing Christian Fiction Collections for Young Adults written by Barbara Jean Walker and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here you'll find a way to reach that very complex audience--teens--and their specific needs and interests. This guidebook makes it easy for you to prepare booktalks, plan programs, and create reading lists. As Christian fiction continues to be an increasingly important genre, its inclusion in your library enables you to appeal to a broader spectrum of users. Since 1998, Barbara Walker has been showing media specialists how to develop collections of Christian fiction for children and adults. In her new guides, she has compiled core groups of books, literary series, DVDs, and videos, intended to appeal specifically to children and young adults.
Download or read book The Librarian s Guide to Developing Christian Fiction Collections for Children written by Barbara Jean Walker and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this guidebook you will be able to successfully meet the challenge of finding quality Christian fiction for children. Its recommendations will help you develop reading lists, storytimes, or theme-related activities. As Christian fiction continues to be an increasingly important genre, its inclusion in your library enables you to appeal to a broader spectrum of users. Since 1998, Barbara Walker has been showing media specialists how to develop collections of Christian fiction for children and adults. In her new guides, she has compiled core groups of books, literary series, DVDs, and videos, intended to appeal specifically to children and young adults.
Download or read book Librarian s Guide to Developing Christian Fiction Collections for Young Adults written by Barbara J. Walker and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here you'll find a way to reach that very complex audience--teens--and their specific needs and interests. This guidebook makes it easy for you to prepare booktalks, plan programs, and create reading lists. As Christian fiction continues to be an increasingly important genre, its inclusion in your library enables you to appeal to a broader spectrum of users. Since 1998, Barbara Walker has been showing media specialists how to develop collections of Christian fiction for children and adults. In her new guides, she has compiled core groups of books, literary series, DVDs, and videos, intended to appeal specifically to children and young adults.
Download or read book The Librarian s Guide to Developing Christian Fiction Collections for Adults written by Barbara Jean Walker and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing the reading interests of adults, this guide features books from a wide variety of genres-contemporary fiction, romance, sci-fi, fantasy, Westerns, and more-each carrying a Christian message. The information and guidance can be used in reader's advisory interviews or book discussion groups.
Download or read book Librarian s Guide to Developing Christian Fiction Collections for Children written by Barbara J. Walker and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2005-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this guidebook you will be able to successfully meet the challenge of finding quality Christian fiction for children. Its recommendations will help you develop reading lists, storytimes, or theme-related activities. As Christian fiction continues to be an increasingly important genre, its inclusion in your library enables you to appeal to a broader spectrum of users. Since 1998, Barbara Walker has been showing media specialists how to develop collections of Christian fiction for children and adults. In her new guides, she has compiled core groups of books, literary series, DVDs, and videos, intended to appeal specifically to children and young adults.
Download or read book New Guides for Developing Christian Fiction Collections written by Barbara J. Walker and published by Neal Schuman Pub. This book was released on 2005-01 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christian fiction is becoming an increasingly important genre-witness its increased prominence in publications like Booklist and Library Journal-and its inclusion in collections can bring a new community of users into your library. Barbara Walker, author of Developing Christian Fiction Collections for Children and Adults (1998), has written these comprehensive guides that meet the specific reading interests of three important audiences-adults, young adults, and children. Each guide: Helps librarians understand Christian fiction and its origins. Provides guidance for dealing with challenges to its inclusion in collections. Offers suggestions for establishing selection guidelines and policies. Lists sources for guiding acquisitions. Includes ideas for marketing, promoting; and programming with Christian materials. Compiles a core list of recommended books, literary series, DVDs, and videos with annotations and reviews. Delivers lists of award-winning titles, author biographies, and a guide to Christian fiction publishers.
Download or read book Developing Library Collections for Today s Young Adults written by Amy S. Pattee and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developing Library Collections for Today’s Young Adults features policies that deal expressly with materials that respect the intellectual freedom of young library patrons. It emphasizes the importance of everything from needs assessment to collection development, encouraging librarians to consider informational, recreational, and curricular needs and interests as the library staff select material on behalf of young adults. With detailed guidelines for developing and evaluating collections of print and electronic material, Amy S. Pattee devotes chapters to materials selection, acquisition, and assessment, describing fiction and nonfiction genres, graphic forms, and multimedia and electronic materials, including networked resources, e-books, and computer games. Developing Library Collections for Today’s Young Adults may be consulted by librarians charged with the development and maintenance of public library collections for young adults and may be employed in library science courses related to young adult literature and library services and collection development.
Download or read book Church Synagogue Libraries written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Serving Homeschooled Teens and Their Parents written by Maureen T. Lerch and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-05-30 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today more than a million students are being educated at home; and that figure increases at a rate of 7-14% annually. Homeschooling is a growing trend in our society, and public librarians are being called upon with increasing frequency to serve the needs of homeschooled students. So, just what are the needs of the homeschooled teen, and how can you and your library meet those needs? A former young adult librarian and a homeschool parent have joined forces to create this insightful guide and answer that question. After reviewing the developmental and social needs of teens, the authors demonstrate how those needs may be met in the public library setting. You'll find a wealth of ideas for adapting every facet of your library service for this growing population—from developing a homeschool collection to expanding services and creating special programs. You'll also find suggestions on how to market what your library has to offer to homeschoolers. You may even discover some new ways to employ the talents and time of these students and their families. Extensive resource lists conclude the volume, they will help you better serve home-educated teens and their parents.
Download or read book Developing Christian Fiction Collections for Children and Adults written by Barbara Jean Walker and published by Neal-Schuman Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work provides the information necessary for librarians to start a collection of Christian fiction, or build on an existing one. Areas covered include an overview of the fiction available, establishing a selection process, and promoting the category within the library.
Download or read book Faith and Fiction written by Anita Gandolfo and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-08-30 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, there has been an explosion in the market for fiction on religious topics and themes, most notably Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code. The variety of contemporary religious fiction and the publishing phenomenon surrounding it indicate that this literature transcends any overt religious meaning and is significant in its political and social implications; it is emblematic of the contemporary American Zeitgeist. Traditionally, literature is both mirror and lamp, reflecting the society that produces it and illuminating the values and interests of that society. Recognizing both of those perspectives, Gandolfo examines Christian literature's place in American culture today and explores the cultural meaning and significance of the wildly popular Christian fiction now available. The phenomenon surrounding Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code has led to a cottage industry of interpretations, attacks, and commentaries, but one thing is certain: the book has had an enormous impact on American society, culture, and religious understanding, not to mention the publishing industry, which scrambles to find similar religious books to feed to an eager public. But The Da Vinci Code is not the only book of its type on the market today. In recent years, there has been an explosion in the market for fiction on religious topics and themes, with an entire series devoted to the impending Rapture as described in the Left Behind series. Some fiction does not take an explicitly religious theme as these books do. Instead, writers like Andre Dubus and Ron Hansen imbue their creative work with spiritual and religious themes embedded in the everyday lives and concerns of their characters. Regardless of the specific approach, what is not in doubt is that American readers have made the authors of these works wealthy as bookstores cannot stock their shelves with enough copies. Why the recent surge of interest in Christian fiction? How does it reflect trends in our culture and our lives? How has it changed our society and our understanding of spirituality and religion? How accurate are these books in terms of the theology they espouse? The variety of contemporary religious fiction and the publishing phenomenon surrounding it indicate that this literature transcends any overt religious meaning and is significant in its political and social implications; it is emblematic of the contemporary American Zeitgeist. Traditionally, literature is both mirror and lamp, reflecting the society that produces it and illuminating the values and interests of that society. Recognizing both of those perspectives, Faith and Fiction examines Christian literature's place in American culture today and explores the cultural meaning and significance of the wildly popular Christian fiction now available.
Download or read book Integrating Multicultural Literature in Libraries and Classrooms in Secondary Schools written by KaaVonia Hinton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reach students across all cultures with multicultural literature! Help all students learn to read, comprehend, and gain information literacy skills through multicultural literature. Use this book to provide hands-on instruction to help students connect, learn, and achieve Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)! Sample standards-based, integrated lesson plans and curriculum units show teachers how to really integrate multicultural materials in their lessons to help all students achieve. This is an excellent resource for teachers and librarians who teach and motivate English Language Learners (ELL) and students from all cultures.
Download or read book Library Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 1284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Senior High School Library Catalog written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Reference Books Annual written by Bohdan S. Wynar and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1970- issued in 2 vols.: v. 1, General reference, social sciences, history, economics, business; v. 2, Fine arts, humanities, science and engineering.
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature written by George Thomas Kurian and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2010-04-16 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The written word is one of the defining elements of Christian experience. As vigorous in the 1st century as it is in the 21st, Christian literature has had a significant function in history, and teachers and students need to be reminded of this powerful literary legacy. Covering 2,000 years, The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature is the first encyclopedia devoted to Christian writers and books. In addition to an overview of the Christian literature, this two-volume set also includes 40 essays on the principal genres of Christian literature and more than 400 bio-bibliographical essays describing the principal writers and their works. These essays examine the evolution of Christian thought as reflected in the literature of every age. The companion volume also features bibliographies, an index, a timeline of Christian Literature, and a list of the greatest Christian authors. The encyclopedia will appeal not only to scholars and Christian evangelicals, but students and teachers in seminaries and theological schools, as well as to the growing body of Christian readers and bibliophiles.
Download or read book Senior High Core Collection written by Raymond W. Barber and published by H. W. Wilson. This book was released on 2007 with total page 1514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features annotations for more than 6,200 works in the main volume (2007), and more than 2,400 new titles in three annual supplements published 2008 through 2010. New coverage of biographies, art, sports, Islam, the Middle East, cultural diversity, and other contemporary topics keeps your library's collection as current as today's headlines.
