Building a Core Print Collection for Preschoolers

Alan R. Bailey

ISBN 10: 0838912192 / ISBN 13: 9780838912195

Published by American Library Association Jun 2014, 2014

About this Item

Neuware - Early exposure to books greatly influences vocabulary knowledge, which in turn improves later reading skills and helps foster lifelong literacy. Highlighting more than 300 birth-kindergarten titles, this offers a hand-picked selection of quality books, chosen to help develop literacy skills such as expressive and receptive language, expanded vocabularies, narrative skills, the ability to understand written language, awareness of story structure, alphabetic knowledge, and phonological sensitivity.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Building a Core Print Collection for Preschoolers
• Publisher: American Library Association Jun 2014
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0838912192
• ISBN 13: 9780838912195
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 0D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 0 millimeters depth
• Weight: 230 grams

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Synopsis

Since children develop the critical language and early reading skills necessary to enter kindergarten between birth and age five, reading aloud is one of the most influential steps librarians, teachers, parents, and caregivers can take to foster preschoolers' literacy skills. Early exposure to books heavily influences vocabulary knowledge, which in turn improves later reading skills and helps foster lifelong literacy. Highlighting more than 300 birth-kindergarten titles, Bailey offers

• A hand-picked selection of quality books adeptly chosen to help develop crucial literacy skills such as expressive and receptive language, expanded vocabularies, narrative skills, print awareness, the ability to understand written language, awareness of story structure, alphabetic knowledge, and phonological sensitivity
• Thorough annotation of each title, including a full bibliographic record, a short summary, and journal reviews
• Chapters organized by type of book, from primary skills books, wordless picture books, and rhyming books to toy and movable books
• A list of additional resources helpful for building a core collection

Valuable for regular use by caregivers as well as for collection development, this book spotlights hundreds of titles that are engaging and fun for reader and preschooler alike.

About the Author

Over his 29-year career as a professional librarian, Alan R. Bailey has served as a public school librarian and as a branch manager of a public library, and he has worked in community college and university libraries. For more than seventeen of those years, he has been directly responsible for developing collections for young children. A native of Washington, North Carolina, Bailey received his undergraduate degree from East Carolina University (Greenville, NC) and advanced degrees from East Carolina University and North Carolina Central University (Durham, NC). He currently serves as associate professor and education curriculum librarian in the Teaching Resources Center at East Carolina University s J. Y. Joyner Library. Bailey has served multiple terms as a member of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Jury and has reviewed books for the "Children's Literature Review" column in Language Arts: The Journal of the Elementary Section of the National Council of Teachers of English.