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June 1, 2007
Start your Illustrated Literature collection!
Tammy Lee, of the Clark Public Library, spoke persuasively at the NJLA conference about the usefulness of creating a separate collection for longer picture books.
We all know that there are high quality books on our shelves in terms of content and art that, because of their picture book format, don’t often get found by the potential readers who would enjoy them the most.
Time and again, we watch adults steer their children away from picture books, once children become readers, as if there were a stigma associated with picture books.
We librarians can deliver the opposite message by separating longer picture books, or Illustrated Literature, as Tammy Lee refers to them, from the preschool-level picture books.
Start your own library’s Illustrated Literature collection, and get these gems circulating.
Tammy Lee's excellent powerpoint presentation is currently accessible on the NJLA website; check the April 25 presentations here, www.njla.org/conference/2007/presentations/
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Kathy Muhm
Westfield Memorial Library
Posted by childrens at June 1, 2007 6:02 AM
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