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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Literacy Literacy Jennifer Sweeney "This exploration of juvenile corrections librarianship provides a complete description of these specialized services, addresses unique challenges in this library environment, and promotes intellectu… OL16283075W
Designing Early Literacy Programs  Second Edition Differentiated Instruction in Preschool and Kinde… Designing Early Literacy Programs Second Edition Differentiated Instruction in Preschool and Kinde… Lea M. McGee,Donald J. Richgels This acclaimed teacher resource and course text describes proven ways to accelerate the language and literacy development of young children, including those at risk for reading difficulties. The auth… OL16815062W
Literacy for all Literacy for all Agneta Lind This publication reviews the meanings of literacy and related concepts within the context of lifelong learning. It analyzes policies and strategies required to improve national literacy rates and dev… OL16916885W
Literacy tutoring that works Literacy tutoring that works Janet C. Richards,Cynthia A. Lassonde With this wide-ranging volume, literacy leaders, practitioners, and scholars will gain much-needed information about high-quality, evidence-based extended learning programs. Contributors present prin… OL18623331W
Community library programs that work Community library programs that work Beth Maddigan "A collection of engaging best practices for promoting literacy development by utilizing local community connections in school and public libraries"-- OL23309678W
Anita's revolution Anita's revolution Shirley Langer Cuba, 1961. Everything is in flux since the revolutionary government under Fidel Castro took control. People are either strongly for the Revolution or strongly, even violently, against it. Cuban teen… OL26446238W
Illiteracy Illiteracy Sean M. Grady Discusses the different forms or degrees of illiteracy in the United States, how this problem affects people, and what is being done about it. OL2663237W
Community Literacy and the Rhetoric of Public Engagement Community Literacy and the Rhetoric of Public Engagement Linda Flower "Community Literacy and the Rhetoric of Public Engagement explores the critical practice of intercultural inquiry and rhetorical problem-solving that encourages urban writers and college mentors alik… OL498970W
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World Leaving Microsoft to Change the World Wood, John,John Wood John Wood discovered his passion, his greatest success, and his life's work—not at business school or leading Microsoft's charge into Asia in the 1990s—but on a soul-searching trip to the Himalayas. … OL606176W
What we know about acquisition of adult literacy What we know about acquisition of adult literacy Helen Abadzi ix, 93 p. : 28 cm OL982589W