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Crash Course in Storytime Fundamentals

by Penny Peck
2d ed. Teacher Ideas: Libraries Unlimited. (Crash Course). 2015. 168p. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781610697835. pap. $45; ebk. ISBN 9781610697842. PRO MEDIA
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The latest edition in Libraries Unlimited's "Crash Course" series delivers on its promise quickly to introduce library staff to the fundamentals of planning and offering successful story time programs. This update to Peck's (youth services, San Jose State Univ.; Crash Course in Children's Services) original 2008 volume covers all the bases, from structuring your program and planning a theme to handling disruptions and managing volunteers, while incorporating crucial updates from the past seven years of discussion within the early literacy community. Peck addresses the buzzy areas of STEM/STEAM programming for preschoolers, yoga story times, and the use of apps and ebooks but also provides crucial overviews of bilingual services, sensory story times, and accessibility for children with disabilities. Also, new lists provide book titles that correspond with the American Library Association's Five Parent Practices, and librarians needing suggestions will get lots of mileage from 100 themed book lists.
VERDICT Peck's guide will give new story time practitioners the background needed to tackle programs from start to finish, while experienced librarians will appreciate having so much information accessible in one volume.
Reviewed by Abigail Garnett, Brooklyn P.L. , May 22, 2015
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