: Joy Court
: Read to Succeed Strategies to engage children and young people in reading for pleasure
: Facet Publishing
: 9781856049238
: 1
: CHF 66.00
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: Kunst, Literatur
: English
Reading is an essential life skill not only for an individual's development and life chances but for social cohesion and a developed democracy. In an era of public spending cuts it is important to reflect upon the impact that libraries can have in growing readers for the future. This much-needed book provides valuable evidence of successes so far both nationally and internationally, and offers ideas for future development as well as inspiration for current practice. An edited collection contributed by expert practitioners, it covers all aspects of promoting reading to and with children and young people from birth right through to teenage years. Readership: Managers and aiming to inspire partnership and cooperation, practitioners and students of librarianship in both the public and school sectors. All teachers, consultants and educators concerned with literacy and reading, and policy makers in both the school and library sectors.