Uses a variety of activities to introduce the many types of circles and spheres we encounter in everyday life

Circles: Fun Ideas for Getting A-Round in Math

Children's Books

Ross, Catherine Sheldrick

Education & Reference

Addison-Wesley

What in terms of Alice Munro's creative artistry and creative power allowed her to become the first and only short story writer, the first and only Canadian, and just the thirteenth woman in history to win the Nobel Prize in Literature? And exactly when during Munro's career did her artistry and power advance to ensure that she would earn such world-wide renown? The answers lie in studying the boldly innovative yet greatly under-examined group of her four mid-career breakthrough books.&#12288;Our volume therefore provides a carefully orchestrated analysis of Munro's subtle yet potent handling of form, technique and style both within individual stories and across these special collections. Reading Alice Munro's Breakthrough Books: A Suite in Four Voices not only addresses a significant vacancy in Munro criticism - and, by extension, in all short story criticism - but, equally importantly, offers an exciting new model for how criticism can be collectively written.

Reading Alice Munro’s Breakthrough Books: A Suite in Four Voices

Literature & Fiction

Cox, Ailsa

Struthers, J. R. Tim

Bigot, Corinne

History & Criticism

Edinburgh University Press

Drawing on scholarly research findings, this book presents a cogent case that librarians can use to work towards prioritization of reading in libraries and in schools.
Reading is more important than it has ever been―recent research on reading, such as PEW reports and Scholastic's "Kids and Family Reading Report," proves that fact. This new edition of Reading Matters provides powerful evidence that can be used to justify the establishment, maintenance, and growth of pleasure reading collections, both fiction and nonfiction, and of readers' advisory services. The authors assert that reading should be woven into the majority of library activities: reference, collection building, provision of leisure materials, readers' advisory services, storytelling and story time programs, adult literacy programs, and more.
This edition also addresses emergent areas of interest, such as e-reading, e-writing, and e-publishing; multiple literacies; visual texts; the ascendancy of young adult fiction; and fan fiction. A new chapter addresses special communities of YA readers. The book will help library administrators and personnel convey the importance of reading to grant-funding agencies, stakeholders, and the public at large. LIS faculty who wish to establish and maintain courses in readers' advisory will find it of particular interest.
 • Provides proof of the library's vital role in readers' lives, information that may be used to justify services and collections
• Compiles current research on reading from diverse sources and presents it intuitively, saving librarians time and energy when searching for research findings
• Offers a clear rationale for making pleasure reading a priority in libraries and in schools

Reading Still Matters: What the Research Reveals about Reading, Libraries, and Community

McKechnie, Lynne (E.F.)

Rothbauer, Paulette M.

Libraries Unlimited

Canadian-born Alice Munro has established herself as one of the world's finest contemporary short story-writers. Since the publication of her first collection, Dance of the Happy Shades in 1968, she has tantalized a steadily expanding readership with her ability to present, "ordinary life so that it appears luminous, invested with a kind of magic." In Alice Munro: A Double Life, the first full-length biography of Munro, Ross charts the development of Munro as a wife/mother and serious writer, and her struggle to balance the demands of this "double life."

Alice Munro: A Double Life

Humor & Entertainment

ECW Press

In a profession in which the sharing of information and ideas is a primary end, communication skills take on great importance. This manual demonstrates verbal and non-verbal communications techniques, along with specific applications germane to the librarian. Covered are techniques for effective public speaking, leading group discussions and communicating effectively with one another. The guide also provides practical advice on writing reports and proposals, and even includes a section on teaching essential communications skills to library support staff.

Communicating Professionally: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Library Applications (How to Do It Manuals for Librarians)

Politics & Social Sciences

Dewdney, Patricia

Social Sciences

Neal Schuman Pub

The reference interview is key to the practice of librarianship. Now, Ross, Nilsen, and Dewdney outline the most effective methods librarians can use to find out exactly what a user needs to know. Packed with solid advice, exercises, strategies, models of human communications, and exercises for avoiding common pitfalls, the authors also offer dozens of examples of both successful and problematic reference interviews with constructive critiques and suggestions.

Conducting the Reference Interview: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians (How to Do It Manuals for Librarians)

Computers & Technology

Nilsen, Kirsti

Internet & Social Media

A road map to the research on reading and libraries, and a cogent case for the library's vital role in the life of a readerÑfrom childhood through adulthood.|Drawing upon data published in a variety of scholarly journals, monographs in education, cultural

Reading Matters: What the Research Reveals about Reading, Libraries, and Community

Teen & Young Adult

Based on years of ground-breaking research, this book supplies a look at the unique relationship between each text and the individual reader that results in a satisfying, pleasurable, and even life-changing reading experience.
Following up on her critically acclaimed Reading Matters: What the Research Reveals about Reading, Libraries, and Community, Catherine Sheldrick Ross takes a new look at pleasure reading through 30 thought-provoking essays based on themes arranged from A to Z. In short lively chapters, she discusses topics ranging from "Alexia," "Bad Reading," and "Changing Lives" to "Romance Fiction," "Self-help," "Titles," "Vampires," and "Year of Reading." Drawing on her own research as well as other published sources, Ross comments on the significance of each theme, provides examples of the phenomenon, and develops the topic chronologically, through further examples, or through reversals. 
The essays are unified by an underlying theory of reading that views readers as sense-makers, actively engaged in reading themselves into the text and reading the texts back into their own lives. It gives educators and librarians insights into their roles with readers and offers a message about the importance of pleasure reading. A short list of resources for further reading is supplied with each topic.
 • Supplies succinct, authoritative, and readable accounts on a wide range of genre literature and explains why these types of books appeal to readers
• Promotes the librarian's role with readers and helps librarians design readers' advisory services to better serve readers
• Offers valuable insights into readers and reading based on reading research
• Includes an extensive bibliography and list of relevant titles for further reading
• Provides a fascinating read for librarians, educators, and avid readers

The Pleasures of Reading: A Booklover's Alphabet

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