This text shows librarians how to get up to speed with media technologies such as YouTube videos, online music, PowerPoint presentations, Internet resources, and audio and video from the library collection.

Contains things storytime presenters for children from birth to age five and their parents or caregivers need to spread the word about school readiness skills to adult caregivers. This title includes: 105 reusable tip cards with coordinated activities; and, a summary of important early literacy research.

Engage your Latino users with proven, effective bilingual early childhood programming -- even if you're not a Spanish speaker Dr. Betsy Diamant-Cohen, award-winning creator of the widely-successful Mother Goose on the Looser (MGOL) early literacy program, has done it again Using a combination of translated MGOL songs and traditional Spanish songs from around the world, this lively program helps children develop school readiness skills and presents child development tips to the adults in their lives. Diamant-Cohen, a much in-demand speaker at workshops throughout the United States and...

Co-author of the popular titles Booktalking Bonanza and The Early Literacy Kit, Diament-Cohen brings together 18 examples of successful outreach partnerships that children's librarians and administrators can adapt to their own situations. Contributors from the U.S. and Canada explain how they partnered with schools, community organizations, museums, businesses, and other agencies to create novel experiences for children across the children's services spectrum (preschool through middle school). In this volume readers will find *Descriptions of innovative award-winning collaborations, such as...