Inviting Children's Authors (How-To-Do-It Manuals for School and Public Librarians) - Softcover

Kathy East

9781555701826: Inviting Children's Authors (How-To-Do-It Manuals for School and Public Librarians)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555701825 ISBN 13: 9781555701826

Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers, 1995

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Offers advice for involving children's authors and illustrators into library programs

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From Library Journal:

Good parent/child workshops are often a librarian's most challenging assignment. Feinberg, director of the Middle Country Public Library (Centereach, NY), and Deerr, head of the Children's and Parent's Services Department of the Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library (Shirley, NY), provide all the information necessary to conceive and conduct a successful parent/child workshop. Their book begins with a description of a model library program based on Feinberg's program at Middle Country. The authors outline specific goals and objectives that can be adapted to meet the needs of different libraries. They then discuss the practical issues involved in putting a workshop together, from creating the right setting to staffing needs and costs. Feinberg and Deerr list the best children's materials, offer tips on how to develop a parenting collection, and provide appendixes that include support collections, a distributors' directory, and a bibliography of professional literature. This is an excellent single source for librarians who are developing a parent/child workshop.
Anne Liebst, Baker Univ. Lib., Baldwin City, Kan.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist:

This "how-to-do-it" manual does an excellent job of telling librarians and others how to arrange author visits that will be satisfying to both the guest and the audience. East seems to have thought of everything: making contacts, planning the program, providing for publicity and evaluation, and even handling awkward moments. The format is also well thought out, with checklists, budget forms, and sample correspondence that will give novices confidence they can pull off such a program as well as offer ideas to veterans of the Author and Illustrator Day wars. The black-and-white photographs don't add much, but the reprints of newspaper articles have appeal. A smart purchase if an author visit is on the horizon. Ilene Cooper

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