The Centered School Library: Engaging Every Learner with Library Skills Centers

Young, Cari S. The Centered School Library: Engaging Every Learner with Library Skills Centers. Madison: UpstartBooks, 2011. ISBN: 978-1-60213-056-2

From the publisher:

Is your school library a centered school library? Many educators agree that learning centers provide an effective forum for students to explore, create and express themselves. Centers can also teach and reinforce important skills, but in a manner that empowers students by letting them control the pace.

The Centered School Library invites you to tap the power of this educational approach with 12 unique, adaptable and cost-friendly learning center ideas that will help your students on their way to becoming enthusiastic and savvy library patrons. Do you have budding book reviewers or guide word gurus in your midst? What about potential shelving experts or Name That Genre contestants? With The Centered School Library, you’ll find ways to make your library — and every learner in it — shine! Grades K–5.