PREFACE

HOW LIBRARY WORK WITH CHILDREN HAS GROWN IN HARTFORD AND CONNECTICUT

A CHAPTER IN CHILDREN'S LIBRARIES

THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY IN NEW YORK

THE WORK FOR CHILDREN IN FREE LIBRARIES

THE GROWING TENDENCY TO OVER-EMPHASIZE THE CHILDREN'S SIDE

LIBRARY WORK WITH CHILDREN

VALUES IN LIBRARY WORK WITH CHILDREN

LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP AS A CIVIC FORCE

DESCRIPTION OF FOLDER

HOW TO JOIN THE LIBRARY

THE CIVIC VALUE OF LIBRARY WORK WITH CHILDREN

ESTABLISHING RELATIONS BETWEEN THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY AND OTHER CIVIC AGENCIES

VALUES IN LIBRARY WORK WITH CHILDREN

VALUES IN LIBRARY WORK WITH CHILDREN

ADMINISTRATION AND METHODS; REFERENCE WORK; DISCIPLINE

THE CHILDREN'S ROOM AND THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARIAN

WORK WITH CHILDREN IN THE SMALL LIBRARY

PERSONAL WORK WITH CHILDREN

THE LIBRARY AND THE CHILDREN: AN ACCOUNT OF THE CHILDREN'S WORK IN THE CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY

PICTURE BULLETINS IN THE CHILDREN'S LIBRARY

HOW TO INTEREST MOTHERS IN CHILDREN'S READING

REFERENCE WORK AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN

REFERENCE WORK WITH CHILDREN

LIBRARY FACILITIES

CHOICE OF TOPICS

USE MADE OF THE MATERIAL BY THE CHILD

SYSTEMATIC INSTRUCTION IN THE USE OF THE LIBRARY

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL WORK

INSTRUCTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN THE USE OF LIBRARY CATALOGS AND REFERENCE BOOKS

ELEMENTARY LIBRARY INSTRUCTION

THE QUESTION OF DISCIPLINE

MAINTAINING ORDER IN THE CHILDREN'S ROOM

PROBLEMS OF DISCIPLINE

SYNOPSIS

SPECIAL METHODS AND TYPES OF WORK: STORY-TELLING; READING CLUBS; HOME LIBRARIES, PLAYGROUNDS, ETC.

THE STORY HOUR

LEGENDS OF CHARLEMAGNE AND HIS PALADINS

LEGENDS OF ROBIN HOOD

STORY-TELLING IN LIBRARIES

STORY TELLING—A PUBLIC LIBRARY METHOD

STORY TELLING AS A LIBRARY TOOL

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON STORY-TELLING

BROOKLYN

CHICAGO

CLEVELAND

JAMAICA, LONG ISLAND

NEW YORK CITY

PITTSBURGH

ST. LOUIS

STORYTELLING IN OTHER COMMUNITIES

THE SPECIAL STORYTELLER AND THE REGULAR ASSISTANT

LIST OF FIFTY STORIES AND A LIST OF BOOKS FOR READING ON THE PLAYGROUND

EXPERIENCES IN STORYTELLING

STORY PROGRAM

SUGGESTIONS

READING CLUBS FOR OLDER BOYS AND GIRLS

LIBRARY CLUBS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

LIBRARY READING CLUBS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

HOME LIBRARIES

HOME LIBRARIES

LIBRARY DAY AT THE PLAYGROUNDS

LIBRARY WORK IN SUMMER PLAYGROUNDS

THE SELECTION OF BOOKS FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL LIBRARIES AND THEIR INTRODUCTION TO CHILDREN

THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IN BROOKLYN

WORK WITH CHILDREN AT THE COLORED BRANCH OF THE LOUISVILLE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY

THE FOREIGN CHILD AT A ST. LOUIS BRANCH