
Build It, Make It, Do It, Play It!
Subject Access to the Best How-To Guides for Children and Teens
Libraries Unlimited Inc (Publisher)
Published on 30. June 2014
Book
Hardback
372 pages
978-1-59884-391-0 (ISBN)
Description
A valuable, one-stop guide to collection development and finding ideal subject-specific activities and projects for children and teens.
For busy librarians and educators, finding instructions for projects, activities, sports, and games that children and teens will find interesting is a constant challenge. This guide is a time-saving, one-stop resource for locating this type of information-one that also serves as a valuable collection development tool that identifies the best among thousands of choices, and can be used for program planning, reference and readers' advisory, and curriculum support. Build It, Make It, Do It, Play It! identifies hundreds of books that provide step-by-step instructions for creating arts and crafts, building objects, finding ways to help the disadvantaged, or engaging in other activities ranging from gardening to playing games and sports. Organized by broad subject areas-arts and crafts, recreation and sports (including indoor activities and games), and so forth-the entries are further logically organized by specific subject, ensuring quick and easy use.
For busy librarians and educators, finding instructions for projects, activities, sports, and games that children and teens will find interesting is a constant challenge. This guide is a time-saving, one-stop resource for locating this type of information-one that also serves as a valuable collection development tool that identifies the best among thousands of choices, and can be used for program planning, reference and readers' advisory, and curriculum support. Build It, Make It, Do It, Play It! identifies hundreds of books that provide step-by-step instructions for creating arts and crafts, building objects, finding ways to help the disadvantaged, or engaging in other activities ranging from gardening to playing games and sports. Organized by broad subject areas-arts and crafts, recreation and sports (including indoor activities and games), and so forth-the entries are further logically organized by specific subject, ensuring quick and easy use.
Reviews / Votes
Most school and public librarians will find this a useful guide to have on hand. . . . This work is recommended for school, public, and academic libraries supporting school media preparation programs. * ARBAonline * The text is a comprehensive catalog of project or how-to books for children and teenagers published from 2007 to the present. . . . [W]ill be of interest to librarians, educators, and others who are involved with children and children's activities. * ProtoView *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
901 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59884-391-0 (9781598843910)
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Catharine Bomhold | Terri Elder
Build It, Make It, Do It, Play It!
Subject Access to the Best How-to Guides for Children and Teens
E-Book
06/2014
1st Edition
Libraries Unlimited Inc
€74.99
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Persons
Catharine Bomhold, PhD, is assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Terri Elder, MLIS, is media specialist in the Birmingham City Schools System, AL.
Terri Elder, MLIS, is media specialist in the Birmingham City Schools System, AL.
Content
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Subject Headings
I. Arts and Crafts
II. Social Science
III. Sports and Recreation
IV. Science and Technology
Subject Index
I. Arts and Crafts
II. Social Science
III. Sports and Recreation
IV. Science
V. Science Projects
Bibliography
Titles by Series
Keyword Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Subject Headings
I. Arts and Crafts
II. Social Science
III. Sports and Recreation
IV. Science and Technology
Subject Index
I. Arts and Crafts
II. Social Science
III. Sports and Recreation
IV. Science
V. Science Projects
Bibliography
Titles by Series
Keyword Index