Stories Neverending

Brimming with inspiration and creative ideas, this guide presents you with a wealth of thematic programs and lively, book-based activities for public library, school library, and elementary classroom settings, complete with practical instructions for implementation. Each chapter focuses on a theme or curriculum area--from Red Hot Readers and Math Countdown to Barrel of Fun and Poetry Place--and offers an annotated list of picture books and chapter books for use with the topic. Also included are complete programs containing step-by-step instructions, materials lists, reproducible patterns, scripts, and stories. Grades 2-6. Children will delight in creating their very own art museum, participating in a storytelling festival, holding a yummy dinner theatre, creating a keen jeans book bag, and much more. In addition, each chapter contains a list of ideas that serve as springboards for activities that you can develop on your own. With writing projects, wordplay, arts and crafts, dramatics, math problems, history lessons, and more, this guide makes it easy to engage young learners while building literacy and reading skills, along with a love of books and reading. Grades K-6

JAN IRVING is Youth Services Supervisor of Pueblo City-County Public Library District.

Red Hot Readers: Reading Incentive Programs and Books about Books
Art Smarts: Books about Art and Artists with Hands On Activities
Count Down: Books and Activities about Math
Food Feast: Programs and Books about Food
Storytelling Sampler: Books and Activities about Storytelling
The Poetry Place: Books and Activities about Poetry
Barrel of Fun: Books and Activities about Humor
Keen Jeans Book Bag: Books and Booktalking for Older Kids
Hooray for the U.S.A.: Celebrating our Heritage through Literature
Heart to Heart and Hand to Hand: Courage Power, and Healing through Children's Books