Check It Out

I realize that Nonfiction Monday is pretty much about great nonfiction books for kids.  However, I need to share a book that I recently ordered because it it such a great find (thanks to a library media specialist’s recommendation from my district) and it is so much about the conference I attended a few weeks ago.  In fact, Grimes acknowledges the PEBC, the Denver group which hosted the conference.

Reading is Our Business, How Libraries Can Foster Reading Comprehension by Sharon Grimes is the perfect book for library media specialists who are looking for ways to incorporate thinking skills and strategies.  Grimes outlines how to create a communities of readers through a variety of ways.  From making the library a warm and inviting place (if you have some money to spend on furniture) to a different look in the way you teach, the book provides useful ideas that are easily implemented. 

She hits the big strategies: “visualizing, questioning, determining importance, analyzng and synthesizing”.  It is a book I wish I had know about last year during my national board’s adventure.

Title: Reading is Our Business, How Libraries Can Foster Reading Comprehension
Author: Sharon Grimes
Date Published: 2006
Pages: 155
Professional Book
Publisher: ALA Editions
ISBN: 0-8389-0912-4
Source of Book: Purchased From American Library Association.

Nonfiction Monday is being hosted at Books Together.

Happy Reading.

MsMac