Easy Information Sources for ESL, Adult Learners & New Readers - Softcover

Rosemary Riechel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555706509 ISBN 13: 9781555706500

Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2008

Synopsis

Answer the Information Needs of Your Struggling Adult Readers with this Specially Targeted Book Finding Tool! Librarians in every community find challenges in serving adult patrons who struggle to read. Adult book collections are too daunting, and many children s books are simply too childlike. This bibliography identifies and describes more than 250 nonfiction books from the children s department that will support and engage your adults with special needs. Organized into 15 popular subject areas, and based on recommendations from respected public library adult and children s librarians, school librarians, and children s authors, the books included in this annotated bibliography are based on specific criteria, including: coverage of popular, but complex topics, using clear language, and highly readable presentations; accurate, well-researched texts; appealing, informative illustrations to enhance text; and a minimum of childish features. The majority of works recommended are recent, with publishing dates after 1998, and can be recommended with confidence because they do not talk down to adult readers or embarrass those who may be new readers. This new work is both a handy book finding tool and a terrific resource for helping your library fulfill an important community outreach mission.

About this title

From Booklist:

This work is aimed at educators and librarians working with adults whose English is poor. Advice on ways to use children’s nonfiction for adults; reference interview strategies; book selection, placement, and utilization; collection development; and readers’ advisory enables this work to not only suggest sources but also offer new ways of serving this growing and diverse population. The first part of the book provides essential background in three chapters that cover providing reference services to adults utilizing the children’s collection; conducting the reference interview; and housing and promoting the collection. The second part of the book provide 15 annotated bibliographies of recommended titles. Each entry includes number of pages; whether the item is part of a series; whether a glossary, an index, and/or a bibliography are included; and a reading level. The volume ends with a bibliography of professional resources and four indexes: author, title, series and subject. --Sara Marcus

Review:

...useful for the librarian serving ESL learners, adult learners, and new readers....will be most useful for public libraries that serve this population, but it is recommended for middle and high schools serving the ESL population as well. --Reference Books, Volume 49

Offers reference librarians, tutors, and teachers a resource describing new ways of using children's nonfiction as informational resources for adults, especially ESL and literacy students and other new readers who do not speak or read English well. --Reference and Research Book News, February 2009

About this edition

• Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1555706509
• ISBN 13: 9781555706500
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 285