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50 Library Lessons and Ideas - Softcover

Maxwell, Lucas

 
9781783307432: 50 Library Lessons and Ideas

Synopsis

50 Library Lessons and Ideas is packed full of fun, creative, and engaging activities and ideas for school librarians and teachers to use with their students to help encourage reading for pleasure.

Organized into two sections, the first provides practical advice on library events and concepts such as running a high school book club, getting boys to read, starting your own book award, and helping children to read aloud. The second section has a range of inspiring and inexpensive activities that use films, novels, manga, poetry, LEGOŽ, and other media to improve students' reading engagement. With quizzes, scavenger hunts, literary charades, and creative writing, each activity features step-by-step guidance and is designed to be adaptable to different students' needs.

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About the Author

Lucas Maxwell grew up in Nova Scotia, playing on Nintendo, Dungeons and Dragons and reading comic books. He has been working as a school librarian for over fifteen years and is passionate about promoting the freedom to read and providing safe and welcoming spaces for everyone. In 2017, he was named the UK's School Librarian of the Year by the School Library Association. In 2022, he won the UK Literacy Association’s Reading For Pleasure Champion Award. In 2024, he was awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) for his services to libraries & education. He is the winner of the 2024 Times - Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition. His previous books are Roll for Adventure: Tabletop Roleplaying Adventures for Your School or Public Library and Let's Roll: A Guide to Setting up Tabletop Role-Playing Games in your School or Public Library.

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