.... A touring theatre project aimed at children and families is discussed in further detail to examine some of the outcomes of these policies. Design/methodology/approach The paper will present a brief history of policy developments and debate in this area. Mixed method findings from the research element...

...Laurel A. Clyde Edited by Margaret   Mackey . Beatrix Potter’s “Peter Rabbit”: A Children’s Classic at 100. Children’s Literature Association Centennial Studies, No. 1 . Lanham, MD and London : The Children’s Literature Association and The Scarecrow Press   2002 . 216pp. , ISBN...

...Kenji Kanna Provides a general description of the movement for library services for children and children’s libraries, together with the modern public library movement in post‐war Japan. The Bunko as a home library, or a community‐based small library, is quite characteristic of Japan...

...Aree Cheunwattana; Pimol Meksawat Presents an inspiring story of a determined effort to reach out to the children in high‐risk situations providing them with a charming library in old train carriages. The Library Train Project was initiated in 1999 by the railway policemen of the Railway Police...

...Sue North Sandra   Feinberg , Barbara   Jordan , Kathleen   Deerr , Michelle   Langa . Including Families of Children with Special Needs: A How‐To‐Do‐It Manual For Librarians . New York : Neal‐Schuman   1999 . x, 208 pp. , ISBN: 1‐55570‐339‐9   US$39.95 © MCB UP...

...Stuart Hannabuss Jean   Webb (Ed.), NORDINFO . Text, Culture and National Identity in Children’s Literature: International Seminar on Children’s Literature, Pure and Applied, University College Worcester, England June 14‐19, 1999 . Helsinki : NORDINFO Publication 44   2000...

... annotations concerning the different parenting issues explored in the children’s books. Training materials, reproduced with permission of the California State Library Foundation are given in Appendix E . Tips on the value of reading to the child are given in Appendix F as well as an interesting outline...

..., and bibliographical studies. As such, it can benefit from novelty and suffer from scholarly credibility over agenda and methodology. At its best, it sheds light on the cultural crosscurrents and assumptions of its time, and helps library professionals better understand their work with children. If we remember...

...Sue North Chapter 4 outlines the study’s findings in the area of collection development. The traditional role of the children’s collection is covered, offering an insight into the link between the children’s collection and its role in the promotion of literacy. The development of a children’s...

...Elizabeth Maxwell Library provision for children in specially furnished areas of the library began in the United Kingdom in the late 1890s although this early provision was sketchy. Where they did exist, children′s facilities were often provided in a separate children′s room, often resembling...

...Stuart Hannabuss The management of children′s literature is a search for value and suitability. Effective policies in library and educational work are based firmly on knowledge of materials, and on the bibliographical and critical frame within which the materials appear and might best be selected...