Almost ten years ago now I wrote an article
"A New Section for Beginning Readers: J for Junior Nonfiction" by
Sharron L. McElmeel in Library Talk, Jan/Feb 97, Vol. 10, Issue 1, p
7+.
A full text copy of the article is linked from the bibliography at
http://www.mcelmeel.com/writing/
I think the principles of the collection would still hold true -- it
was immensely successful in channeling younger readers to books that
appealed to them.
Sharron
At 2:27 PM -0400 03/04/06, Sylvia Jacquard wrote:
>Dear Netters:
>
>I have been fortunate to have some new bookshelves installed
>recently, enabling me to establish a separate Primary-2 nonfiction
>section.
>
>A separate section is necessary because my library is on two floors
>and the P-2 students are not permitted to go upstairs, thus
>essentially denying them access to nonfiction books. I have wanted
>to remedy this, and now I can.
>
>What I am wondering is . . . does anyone do something different in
>terms of arrangement (baskets?) or signage (pictures?) to make it
>easier for these younger ones to find nonfiction books.
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Sharron L. McElmeel
http://www.mcelmeel.com
McBookwords (a literacy organization)
http://www.mcbookwords.com/
Instructor - University of Wisconsin-Stout
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/childrenslit
3000 N Center Point Rd
Cedar Rapids, IA 52411-9548
ph. (319) 393-2562
fax (319) 393-4749 (If line is busy, initiate a voice call and ask
that the line be made available for a fax transmission.)
mcelmeel@mcelmeel.com
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