Children's Literature Gems: Choosing and Using Them in Your Library Career

Master the huge array of quality children's books from the past and the present with this must-have resource from children's librarian Elizabeth Bird. With her strong passion for children's books and the profession, Bird will help you: build and manage your children's collection; strike a balance between award winners and classics; arrange your space to best showcase and display books; review the basics of storytime, storytelling, and booktalking; and, add the 100 children's books that belong in every library. "Children's Literature Gems" is about managing and caring for a part of the library devoted to children who love good books and is a must for every children's librarian — new or experienced!

• Author
• Betsy Bird

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 125

• Publisher
• American Library Association

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780838909959

• Genres
• adult, librarianship, childrens, reference

• Release date
• 2009