NORWELD Regional Library System

Carlson, Ann & Mary Carlson. Flannelboard Stories for Infants and Toddlers. Chicago: American Library Association, 1999.

Carlson, Ann. Early Childhood Literature Sharing Programs in Libraries. Hamden: Library Professional Publications, 1985.

Davis, Robin Works. Toddle on Over: Developing Infant & Toddler Literature Programs. Alleyside Press, 1998.

Ernst, Linda. Lapsit Services for the Very Young. New York: Neal Schuman, 1995.

Fiore, Carole and Sue McCleaf Nespeca. Programming for Young Children: Birth Through Age 5. Chicago: American Library Association, 1996.

Greene, Ellin. Books, Babies and Libraries: Serving Infants, Toddlers, Their Parents, and Caregivers. Chicago: American Library Association, 1991.

Jeffery, Debby Ann. Literate Beginnings: Programs for Babies & Toddlers. Chicago: American Library Associaiton, 1995.

Marino, Jane and Dorothy Houlihan. Mother Goose Time. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1992.

Nichols, Judy. Storytimes for Two-Year-Olds. Chicago: American Library Association, 1998.

Programming for Preschoolers

Briggs, Diane. 52 Programs for Preschoolers: The Librarian’s Year-Round Planner. Chicago: American Library Association, 1997.

Carlson, Ann. Preschooler and the Library. Metuchen: Scarecrow, 1991.

Cullum, Carolyn. Storytime Sourcebook. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1990.

DeSalvo, Nancy and Faith Hektoen. Library Programming for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers. Library Professional Publications, 1997.

Herb, Steven and Sara Willoughby-Herb. Using Children’s Books in Preschool Settings: A How-To-Do-It Manual. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1994.

Kladder, Jeri. Story Hour: 55 Preschool Programs for Public Libraries. McFarland, 1995.

MacDonald, Margaret. Book Sharing: 101 Programs to Use with Preschoolers. Hamden: Library Professional Publications, 1988.

Sitarz, Paula Gaj. Picture Book Story Hours: From Birthdays to Bears. Englewood: Libraries Unlimited, 1987. Also, More Picture Book Story Hours.

Family/Multi-Age Programming

Nespeca, Sue McCleaf Nespeca. Library Programming for Families with Young Children: A How-To-Do-It Manual. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1994.

Pellowski, Anne. Family Storytelling Handbook. New York: Macmillan, 1987.

Reid, Rob. Family Storytime: 24 Creative Programs for All Ages. Chicago: American Library Association, 1999.

Summer Reading Programs

Fiore, Carole D. Running Summer Library Reading Programs: A How-To-Do-It Manual. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1998.

Johnson, Wayne L. and Yvette C. Johnson. Summer Reading Program Fun: 10 Thrilling, Inspiring, Wacky Board Games for Kids. Chicago: American Library Association, 1999.

Kan, Katharine L., Editor and Young Adult Library Association. Sizzling Summer Reading Programs for Young Adults. Chicago: American Library Association, 1998.

Simpson, Martha Seif. Summer Reading Clubs: Complete Plans for 50 Theme-Based Library Programs. Mc Farland, 1992.

Programs for Parents

Colburn, Nell, Maralita L. Freeny, and ALSC Preschool Services and Parent Education Committee. First Steps to Literacy: Library Programs for Parents, Teachers, and Caregivers. Chicago: American Library Association, 1990.

Fiore, Carole D. Programming for Introducing Adults to Children’s Literature. Chicago: American Library Association, 1994.

Feinberg, Sandra and Sari Feldman. Running a Parent/Child Workshop. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1995.

Outreach/Establishing Partnerships

Feinberg, Sandra and Sari Feldman. Serving Families and Children Through Partnerships. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1996.

Lenser, Jane. Programming for Outreach Services for Children. Chicago: American Library Association, 1994.

Trotta, Marcia. Managing Library Outreach Programs. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1993.

Young Adults/Literature and Programming

Ammon, Bette D. & Gale W. Sherman. More Rip-Reading Reads for Reluctant Teen Readers. Englewood: Libraries, Unlimited, 1999.

Carter, Betty. Best Books for Young Adults: The Selection, the History, the Romance. Chicago: American Library Association, 1994.

Chelton, Mary K. Excellence in Library Services to Young Adults: The Nation’s Top Programs. Second Edition. Chicago: American Library Association, 1997.

Jones, Patrick. Connecting Young Adults and Libraries: A How-To-Do-It Manual. Second Edition. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1998.

Nichols, Mary Anne and C. Allen Nichols. Young Adults and Public Libraries. Greenwood, 1998.

Zvirin, Stephanie. The Best Years of Their Lives: A Resource Guide for Teenagers in Crisis. Second Edition. Chicago: American Library Association, 1997.

Methods for Sharing Stories/Literature

Bauer, Caroline Feller. Caroline Feller Bauer’s New Handbook for Storytellers. Chicago: American Library Association, 1993.

Bauer, Caroline Feller. Celebrations. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1985.

Bauer, Caroline Feller. Leading Kids to Books Through Magic. Chicago: American Library Association, 1996.

Bauer, Caroline Feller. Leading Kids to Books Through Crafts. Chicago: American Library Association, 1999.

Bauer, Caroline Feller. Read for the Fun of It. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1992.

Briggs, Diane. Flannel Board Fun: A Collection of Stories, Songs and Poems. Scarecrow Press, 1992.

Greene, Ellin and Augusta Baker. Storytelling Art and Technique.3rd Edition. New York: Bowker, 1996.

Hicks, Doris Lynn. Flannelboard Classic Tales. Chicago: American Library Association, 1997.

Irving, Jan. Fanfares: Programs for Classrooms and Libraries. 1990.

Irving, Jan and Curie, Robin. Mudluscious. Libraries Unlimited, 1986. Also, Full Speed Ahead, Glad Rags; Raising the Roof; and Fanfares.

MacDonald, Margaret Read. Look Back and See: 20 Lively Tales for Gentle Tellers. August House, 1993.

MacDonald, Margaret Read. The Storyteller’s Start-Up Book. August House, 1993.

MacDonald, Margaret Read. Twenty Tellable Tales. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1986.

MacDonald, Margaret Read. When the Lights Go Out: Twenty Scary Tales to Tell. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1988.

Pellowski, Anne. The Story Vine: A Source Book of Unusual and Easy-to-Tell Stories From Around the World. New York: Macmillan, 1984.

Pellowski, Anne. Storytelling Handbook: A Young People’s Collection of Unusual Tales and Helpful Hints on How to Tell Them. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995.

Pflomm, Phyllis Noe. Chalk in Hand: The Draw and Tell Book. Scarecrow, 1986.

Raines, Shirley. S-T-O-R-Y-S-T-R-E-T-C-H-E-R-S. Gryphon Press, 1989. Also, More Story Stretchers; Story Stretchers for the Primary Grades; and 450 More Story Stretchers for the Primary Grades.

Sierra, Judy. The Flannelboard Storytelling Book. New York:H.W. Wilson, 1987.

Sierra, Judy. The Multicultural Folktales for the Feltboard and Readers’ Theater. Oryx, 1996.

Finger/Lap/Play/Action Rhymes & Songs

Baltuck, Naomi. Crazy Gibberish and Other Story Hour Stretches. Linnet, 1993.

Beall, Pamela Conn and Susan Hagen Nipp. Wee Sing: Children’s Songs and Fingerplays. Price/Stern/Sloan, 1981.

Briggs, Diane. 101 Fingerplays, Stories and Songs to Use with Finger Puppets. Chicago: American Library Association, 1999.

Brown, Marc, collector. Finger Rhymes. New York: Dutton, 1980. Also Hand Rhymes; Party Rhymes; and Play Rhymes.

Cole, Joanna and Stephanie Calmeson, comps. Eentsy, Weentsy Spider: Fingerplays and Action Rhymes. New York: Morrow, 1991.

Cole, Joanna and Stephanie Calmerson. Pat-A-Cake and Other Play Rhymes. New York: Morrow, 1992.

Cooper, Kay. Too Many Rabbits and Other Fingerplays. New York: Scholastic, 1995.

Cromwell, Liz, Dixie Hibner, and John R. Faitel, comps. Finger Frolics. Rev. Ed. Gryphon, 1983. Also, Finger Frolics 2.

Defty, Jeff. Creative Fingerplays and Action Rhymes: An Index and Guide to Their Use. Oryx, 1992.

Flint Public Library. Ring a Ring O’ Rosies: Stories, Games and Fingerplays for Preschool Children. Flint: Flint Public Library. (Must order directly from library - Check for current edition – frequent updates.)

Grayson, Marion F. Let’s Do Fingerplays. Reissued Edition. Robert B. Luce, 1988.

Roberts, Lynda. Mitt Magic:Fingerplays for Finger Puppets. Gryphon, 1986.

Yolen, Jane. The Lap-Time Song and Play Book. San Francisco: Harcourt Brace, 1989.

Reader’s Theatre

Bauer, Caroline Feller. Presenting Reader’s Theatre. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1987.

Laughlin, Mildred Knight, and Kathy Howard Latrobe. Readers Theatre for Children. Englewood: Teacher Ideas Press, 1990. Also, Readers Theatre for Young Adults.

MacDonald, Margaret Read. The Skit Book: 101 Skits from Kids. Linnet, 1990.

Rives, Gwenn Jones. Story Masks for Contemporary Tales. Minneapolis: T.S. Denison, 1992. Also, Story Masks for Fairy Tales.

Sierra, Judy. Fantastic Theater. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1991.

Shepard, Aaron. Stories on Stage. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1993.

Puppetry

Anderson, Dee. Amazingly Easy Puppet Plays: 42 New Scripts for One Person Puppetry. Chicago: American Library Association, 1997.

Bauer, Caroline Feller. Leading Kids to Books Through Puppets. Chicago: American Library Association, 1997.

Champlin, Connie. Storytelling with Puppets. 2nd Edition. Chicago: American Library Association, 1998.

Hunt, Tamara and Nancy Renfro. Pocketful of Puppets: Mother Goose. Nancy Renfro Studios, 1982.

Minkel, Walter. How to Do "The Three Bears" with Two Hands. Chicago: American Library Association, 1999.

Sierra, Judy. Fantastic Theatre. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1991.

Van Schuyver, Jan. Storytelling Made Easy with Puppets. Oryx, 1993.

Warren, Jean. 1-2-3 Puppets. Warren, 1989.

Wright, Denise Anton. One-Person Puppet Plays. Libraries Unlimited, 1990.

Songs

Beall, Pamela Conn and Susan Hagen Nipp. Wee Sing: Children’s Songs and Fingerplays. Price/Stern/Sloan, 1981. (series)

Hodges, Susan, Editor. Songs and Games for Babies. Warren, 1997. Also, Songs and Games for Toddlers by Carol Gnojewski, Editor; Songs and Games for Threes; and Songs and Games for Fours by Jean Warrren, Editor.

Marino, Jane. Sing Us A Story: Using Music in Preschool and Family Storytimes. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1994.

Raffi. Raffi Singable Songbook. Crown, 1987. Also, 2nd Raffi Songbook.

Raffi. Raffi’s Top 10 Songs to Read. Crown, 1995.

Schiller, Pam, and Thomas Moore. Where is Thumbkin? Gryphon, 1993.

Silberg, Jackie. I Can’t Sing Book for Grownups Who Can’t Carry a Tune in a Paper Bag. Beltsville: Gryphon, 1998.

Warren, Jean. Piggyback Songs. Warren, 1983. Also, Animal Piggyback Songs; Holiday Piggyback Songs; More Piggyback Songs; Piggyback Songs for Infants and Toddlers; and Piggyback Songs to Sign.

Art Activities

Brashears, Deya. Dribble Drabble: Art Experiences for Young Children. Mt. Rainier: Gryphon, 1985.

Brashears, Deya, and Lea Brashears. More…. Dribble Drabble. Orinda: Circle Time Publishing, 1992.

Hodges, Susan. Toddler Art. Torrance: Totline, 1998.

Kohl, Mary. Preschool Art. Beltsville: Gryphon, 1994.

Kohl, Mary. Scribble Cookies. Bright Ring, 1985. Also, Mudworks.

Roche, Denis. Loo-Loo, Boo, and Art You Can Do. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. Also, Art Around the World: Loo-Loo, Boo, and More Art You Can Do.

Warren, Jean, comp. 1-2-3 Art. Warren, 1985.

Wilmes, Liz, and Dick Wilmes. Exploring Art. Building Blocks, 1986.

Wilmes, Liz, and Dick Wilmes. Paint Without Brushes. Building Blocks, 1993.

Special Issues/Trends

American Library Association’s Office For Intellectual Freedom. Hit List: Frequently Challenged Books for Children. Chicago: American Library Association, 1996.

Anderson, Marcella F. Hospitalized Children and Books: A Guide for Librarians, Families and Caregivers. Scarecrow, 1992.

Chupela, Dolores. Ready, Set, Go!: Children’s Programming for Bookmobiles and Other Small Spaces. Alleyside, 1994.

Dowd, Frances Smardo. Latchkey Children in the Library and Community: Issues, Strategies, and Programs. Oryx, 1991.

East, Kathy. Inviting Children’s Authors and Illustrators:A How-To-Do-It Manual for School and Public Librarians. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1995.

Feinberg, Sandra, Joan F. Kuchner, and Sari Feldman. Including Children with Special Needs: A How-To-Do-It-Manual for School and Public Librarians. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1998.

Feinberg, Sandra, Joan F. Kuchner, and Sari Feldman. Learning Environments for Young Children. Chicago: American Library Association, 1998.

Gerhardt, Lillian N. School Library Journal’s Best: A Reader for Children’s Young Adult & School Librarians. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1997.

Immroth, Barbara Froling and Viki Ash-Geisler, Editors. Achieving School Readiness: Public Libraries and National Education Goal No. 1 with a "Prototype of Public Library Services for Young Children and Their Families." Chicago: American Library Association, 1995.

Mathews, Virginia H. and Susan Roman. A Library Head Start to Literacy: The Resource Notebook for the Library-Museum-Head Start Partnership. Washington, DC.: Center for the Book, 1999.

Minkel, Walter and Roxanne Hsu Feldman. Delivering Web Reference Services to Young People. Chicago: American Library Association, 1998.

Neuman, Susan B., Carol Copple, and Sue Bredekamp. Learning to Read and Write: Developmentally Appropriate Practices for Young Children. Washington, D.C.: National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2000.

Richey, Cynthia K. Programming for Serving Children with Special Needs. Chicago: American Library Association, 1994.

Scheps, Susan. The Librarian’s Guide to Homeschooling Resources. Chicago: American Library Association, 1998.

Staerkel, Kathleen, Mary Fellows, and Sue McCleaf Nespeca. Youth Services Librarians as Managers. Chicago: American Library Association, 1995.

Walter, Virginia. Output Measures for Public Library Service to Children. Chicago: American Library Association, 1992.

Watkins, Jan. Programming Author Visits. Chicago: American Library Association, 1996.

Young Adult Library Services Association. Hit List: Frequently Challenged Books for Young Adults. Chicago: American Library Association, 1996.

Zweizig, Doug, Debra Wilcox Johnson, Jane Robbins and Michele Besant. The Tell It! Manual. Chicago: American Library Association, 1996.

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"My War"

NORWELD, in cooperation with six of its member libraries, has created a new "web exhibit" about World War II that's been excerpted from over 100 oral history interviews conducted in the region over the past year. "My War: Northwest Ohioans Remember World War II" brings local perspective to a subject that is being brought to renewed national prominence by a Ken Burns documentary, "The War."

The web exhibit covers subjects ranging from military training and combat to communications and censorship, life in the military, and the impact of the war on the home front. The clips are searchable by library where the interviews were shot as well as by subject.

The streaming video interviews can be found at www.norweld.lib.oh.us/
ohnarratives/mywar/ and are best viewed over a high speed Internet connection.

(Best viewed with Media Player.)

Saving your community's Memories

"Saving your Community's Memories" is a 12 minute introduction to the Northwest Ohio Narratives, a program designed by NORWELD to videotape local oral histories in the communities we serve. Since the program's inception in 2006, almost 100 interviews in 10 libraries on topics ranging from World War II to the impact of the railroad have been recorded.

Click Here to view the video.

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Listservs @ Norweld

Norweld News - A listserv members can use for general communication purposes.

YS List - A listserv for Youth Services librarians.

Tech List - (New!) A listserv for technology discussions and news.

Black Swamp Memories Digital Scrapbook List - (New!) A listserv for the historical photo digitization project involving the Great Black Swamp Region of Ohio.

Oral History List - (New!) A listserv for the Northwest Ohio Narratives project.

Black Swamp Memories Digital Scrapbook
The BSM project is a cooperative effort of the Wood County District Public Library, BGSU, the Wood County Historical Society and NORWELD to create a searchable archive of historic photos of the Great Black Swamp region. The project is funded in part by the State Library of Ohio and can be found at:
blackswampmemories.org/

Additional information about the project may be obtained by contacting Allan Gray at NORWELD.

R.B. hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index
A cooperative program among the Center and 36 Ohio libraries where a web-based obituary index is maintained with over 800,000 names in the database and citations to another 1.5 million newspaper sources. The site is currently recieving 800,000 hits per month. NORWELD member libraries are provided an initial subsidy by the system to join the project. The database can be accessed here.

Additional information can be obtained by contacting Becky Hill or Allan Gray.