Library Work with Children
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Library Work with Children
Classics of American Librarianship Edited by ARTHUR E. BOSTWICK, Ph.D.
SELECTED AND ANNOTATED BY ALICE I. HAZELTINE Supervisor of Children's Public Library St. Louis, Mo.
This second volume in the series of Classics of American Librarianship is devoted to library work with children. As stated in the preface to the first volume, on Library and school, the papers chosen are primarily of historic rather than of present-day value, although many of them embody principles which govern the practice of today. They have been grouped under general headings in order to bring more closely together material relating to the same or to similar subjects. Several different phases of children's work are thus represented, although no attempt has been made to make the collection comprehensive.
The present volume is an attempt to bring together in accessible form papers representing the growth and tendencies of forty years of library work with children. ALICE I. HAZELTINE.
Public Libraries and the Young. (U. S. Bureau of Education. Public Libraries in the United States, 1876, p. 412) WILLIAM ISAAC FLETCHER.
Boys' and Girls' Reading. (Library Journal, 1882, p. 182.) CAROLINE MARIA HEWINS.
Reading of the Young. (U.S. Bureau of Education Papers prepared for the World's Library Congress held at the Columbian Exposition; ed. by M. Dewey, 1896, p. 944.) CAROLINE MARIA HEWINS.
How Library Work with Children Has Grown in Hartford and Connecticut. (Library Journal, 1914, p. 91.) CAROLINE MARIA HEWINS.
A Chapter in Children's Libraries. (Library Journal, 1913, p. 20.) ALICE M. JORDAN
The Children's Library in New York. (Library Journal, 1887, p. 185.) EMILY S. HANAWAY.
Alice Isabel Hazeltine
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LIBRARY WORK WITH CHILDREN
PREFACE
CONTENTS
PREFACE
VALUES IN LIBRARY WORK WITH CHILDREN
ADMINISTRATION AND METHODS; REFERENCE WORK; DISCIPLINE
SPECIAL METHODS AND TYPES OF WORK: STORY-TELLING; READING CLUBS; HOME LIBRARIES, PLAYGROUNDS, ETC.
LIBRARY WORK WITH CHILDREN
PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND THE YOUNG
CHOICE OF BOOKS
BOYS' AND GIRLS' READING
READING OF THE YOUNG
HOW LIBRARY WORK WITH CHILDREN HAS GROWN IN HARTFORD AND CONNECTICUT
A CHAPTER IN CHILDREN'S LIBRARIES
THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY IN NEW YORK
THE WORK FOR CHILDREN IN FREE LIBRARIES
THE GROWING TENDENCY TO OVER-EMPHASIZE THE CHILDREN'S SIDE
LIBRARY WORK WITH CHILDREN
VALUES IN LIBRARY WORK WITH CHILDREN
LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP AS A CIVIC FORCE
DESCRIPTION OF FOLDER
HOW TO JOIN THE LIBRARY
THE CIVIC VALUE OF LIBRARY WORK WITH CHILDREN
ESTABLISHING RELATIONS BETWEEN THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY AND OTHER CIVIC AGENCIES
VALUES IN LIBRARY WORK WITH CHILDREN
VALUES IN LIBRARY WORK WITH CHILDREN
ADMINISTRATION AND METHODS; REFERENCE WORK; DISCIPLINE
THE CHILDREN'S ROOM AND THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN
WORK WITH CHILDREN IN THE SMALL LIBRARY
PERSONAL WORK WITH CHILDREN
THE LIBRARY AND THE CHILDREN: AN ACCOUNT OF THE CHILDREN'S WORK IN THE CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY
PICTURE BULLETINS IN THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY
HOW TO INTEREST MOTHERS IN CHILDREN'S READING
REFERENCE WORK AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN
REFERENCE WORK WITH CHILDREN
LIBRARY FACILITIES
CHOICE OF TOPICS
USE MADE OF THE MATERIAL BY THE CHILD
SYSTEMATIC INSTRUCTION IN THE USE OF THE LIBRARY
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL WORK
INSTRUCTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN THE USE OF LIBRARY CATALOGS AND REFERENCE BOOKS
ELEMENTARY LIBRARY INSTRUCTION
THE QUESTION OF DISCIPLINE
MAINTAINING ORDER IN THE CHILDREN'S ROOM
PROBLEMS OF DISCIPLINE
SYNOPSIS
SPECIAL METHODS AND TYPES OF WORK: STORY-TELLING; READING CLUBS; HOME LIBRARIES, PLAYGROUNDS, ETC.
THE STORY HOUR
LEGENDS OF CHARLEMAGNE AND HIS PALADINS
LEGENDS OF ROBIN HOOD
STORY-TELLING IN LIBRARIES
STORY TELLING—A PUBLIC LIBRARY METHOD
STORY TELLING AS A LIBRARY TOOL
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON STORY-TELLING
BROOKLYN
CHICAGO
CLEVELAND
JAMAICA, LONG ISLAND
NEW YORK CITY
PITTSBURGH
ST. LOUIS
STORYTELLING IN OTHER COMMUNITIES
THE SPECIAL STORYTELLER AND THE REGULAR ASSISTANT
LIST OF FIFTY STORIES AND A LIST OF BOOKS FOR READING ON THE PLAYGROUND
EXPERIENCES IN STORYTELLING
STORY PROGRAM
SUGGESTIONS
READING CLUBS FOR OLDER BOYS AND GIRLS
LIBRARY CLUBS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
LIBRARY READING CLUBS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
HOME LIBRARIES
HOME LIBRARIES
LIBRARY DAY AT THE PLAYGROUNDS
LIBRARY WORK IN SUMMER PLAYGROUNDS
THE SELECTION OF BOOKS FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND THEIR INTRODUCTION TO CHILDREN
THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IN BROOKLYN
WORK WITH CHILDREN AT THE COLORED BRANCH OF THE LOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY
THE FOREIGN CHILD AT A ST. LOUIS BRANCH