Children's Services: Partnerships for Success Book

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction ix

Part I Community Organizations and Public Libraries

1 The Big Tree Library Jan Johnson 3

2 Crossing Cultural Borders: Serving Immigrant Families Dorothy Stoltz Susan Mitchell Elena Hartley Jillian Dittrich 9

3 Language Fun Storytime: Serving Children with Speech and Language Delays Tess Prendergast Rhea Lazar 17

4 Reaching Little Heights Catherine Hakala-Ausperk 25

5 Thrive by Five Reading Readiness Initiative Elizabeth M. Gray Candelaria Mendoza 29

Part II Law Enforcement and Public Libraries

6 Inviting Police to Read at Your Library Linda Schwartz 37

7 Children of Incarcerated Parents: Public Libraries Reaching Out Shelley Quezada 41

Part III Academic Institutions and Public Libraries

8 ReadsinMA.org: Statewide Summer Reading Program Goes Online Maureen Ambrosino 51

9 BLAST School Outreach Program Georgene DeFilippo 55

10 Braille That Stands Out in More Ways Than One Deborah J. Margolis 63

Part IV Children's and Play Museums and Public Libraries

11 Party with Your Partners: Plan a Kids' Book Fest! Starr LaTronica 73

12 Borrow a Book...at the Museum Carol Sandler 77

13 Countdown to Kindergarten Jeri Robinson Krystal Beaulieu 83

14 Saving Money through Family Literacy Collaborations Wendy Blackwell Leslie Gelders Pam Cote Kerri McLinn 87

Part V Cultural Institutions and Public Libraries

15 Small Libraries Help One Another in a Big Way Leah Wagner 95

16 SmartArt Ellen Riordan Emily Blumenthal 99

17 Teaching Storytelling to Youth: A Library, a School, and an Art Institute Collaborate Cathy Lancaster Brenda Harris 105

Part VI Businesses and Public Libraries

18 Science in the Summer? Margie Stern 117

Index 121