Library Work with Children
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Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Students and researchers in library science and reading promotion who need early professional literature
- Children's librarians and reading promoters who want to understand the profession's traditions
- Readers interested in the history of early twentieth-century children's education and public cultural services
- Readers of history and literature with reasonable English proficiency who are willing to read original English texts
Not a good fit for
- Frontline teachers seeking contemporary children's reading theory and practical plans
- Parents with limited English who need a Chinese translation
- Readers who seek plot and readability and prefer light reading
Reading tips
- Read the table of contents and preface first to grasp the book's thematic framework, then closely read the chapters relevant to your work.
- Take notes on the book's specific practices as you read, comparing them point by point with current children's library practice.
- If English is difficult, read slowly with a dictionary, focusing on the sections on selection and reading guidance.
- Read alongside other materials on the history of children's libraries to understand the book within its historical context.
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
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About the author
Alice Isabel Hazeltine (1878–1959) was an American children's literature librarian and editor. She worked for many years in children's reading services and compiled and edited several collections of fairy tales and children's stories, contributing to the transmission and organization of children's literature in the United States. Her representative work, Library Work with Children, deals with the practice of children's library services. Aimed at librarians and those promoting children's reading, it discusses the selection, organization, and use of children's books, reflecting her interest in combining library expertise with children's literature. Public information about the details of her life is limited; what can be confirmed is mainly her nationality, dates of birth and death, and the editorial and writing achievements mentioned above. The library holds one work by her, Library Work with Children. Overall, her work helped promote children's books in library settings and offered reference for later practitioners of children's reading services.
