Category Archives: Blogger Teresa Walls

Professional Reading: Bookmapping: Lit Trips and Beyond

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Teresa Walls

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 →

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Professional Reading: Tell Along Tales! Playing with Participation Stories

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Teresa Walls

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 →

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Professional Reading: The Art of Storytelling: Telling Truths through Telling Stories

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Teresa Walls

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 →

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Professional Reading: Raising Voices: Creating Youth Storytelling Groups and Troupes

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Teresa Walls

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 →

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Professional Reading: Fundamentals of Library Supervision

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Teresa Walls

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 →

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Professional Reading: From Cover to Cover

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Teresa Walls

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 →

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