Guided by Meaning in Primary Literacy: Libraries, Reading, Writing, and Learning

Using a research-based approach, this book examines the critical connections between writing and reading, and it explains how to encourage early literacy in the classroom and library.

• Provides critical information that helps educators improve early literacy programs—a current need in libraries of all types

• Combines research findings about early literacy that document the connection between writing and reading with meaningful theory to offer a strong rationale for library programming

• Reminds readers of the inherent joy and value of working with young children by telling them stories and engaging them in magical early literacy activities in the classroom and library