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Author Archives: Teresa Walls
Professional Reading: Bookmapping: Lit Trips and Beyond
Setting is an integral part to story, and creating bookmaps can help readers visualize a story, whether informational or fictional. Bookmapping: Lit Trips and Beyond (2011 International Society for Technology in Education) by Terence W. Cavanaugh and Jerome Burg is … Continue reading
Professional Reading: Tell Along Tales! Playing with Participation Stories
Whether you have a large school group or a small gathering, participatory stories are a great way to involve everyone in the storytelling experience. Tell Along Tales! Playing with Participation Stories by Dianne de Las Casas (Libraries Unlimited, 2011) offers … Continue reading
Professional Reading: The Art of Storytelling: Telling Truths through Telling Stories
Amy E. Spaulding‘s The Art of Storytelling: Telling Truths through Telling Stories (Scarecrow Press, 2011) divides into four parts: Telling Truth, Telling Stories; How to Become a Storyteller; Why Bother Learning and Telling Stories?; and Farewell. Spaulding writes in a … Continue reading
Professional Reading: Raising Voices: Creating Youth Storytelling Groups and Troupes
Everyone has a story to tell. And with chapters about setting goals and objectives, organizing meetings, teaching storytelling skills, coaching, and lots more, Raising Voices: Creating Youth Storytelling Groups and Troupes by Judy Sima and Kevin Cordi (Libraries Unlimited, 2003) … Continue reading
Professional Reading: Fundamentals of Library Supervision
While the examples in Fundamentals of Library Supervision by Joan Giesecke and Beth McNeil (American Library Association Editions, 2010, 2nd ed.) are in the academic realm, there is plenty of helpful information for all librarians who have or are interested … Continue reading
Professional Reading: From Cover to Cover
Interested in trying your hand at book reviews? Kathleen T. Horning‘s From Cover to Cover: Evaluating and Reviewing Children’s Books (Collins/HarperCollins, 2010, revised edition) is a good place to start. Horning shares and defines literary terminology along with many examples … Continue reading
Apply Now to Win $3000 for Your Library
Libraries seeking to share their stories and raise public awareness are encouraged to apply for the 2011 Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant. The library that develops the best public awareness campaign using the National Library Week theme will … Continue reading
Kids Constitution Day Contest
The United States Constitution Day is on September 17. To celebrate, all Kindergarten through 12th grade students are invited to participate in the 2010 Constitution Day Poster Contest. Entrants must create a poster that demonstrates how the freedoms embodied in … Continue reading
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