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TEACHING RESOURCES

Libraries Partnering FORTHCOMING
with Self-Publishing Notable Books,

A Winning Combination Notable Lessons

ROBERT J. GROVER, KELLY VISNAK, CARMAINE TERNES,
MIRANDA ERICSSON, AND LISSA STALEY Putting Social Studies Back

“ alike will find this book in the K-8 Curriculum
Librarians and writers
full of resources and ANDREA S. LIBRESCO, JEANNETTE BALANTIC,
AND MARY BATTENFELD
information, making it This book provides
the go-to text for self- teachers, librarians,
” and education methods
publishers today.
—VOYA, February 1, 2017 professors with
In this useful guidebook, you’ll strategies, lesson plans,
learn how to transform your library and activities that enable
into a self-publishing center with them to use literature
October 2016, 154pp, 7x10 as a springboard to
Print: 978-1-4408-4158-3 pointers, advice, and strategies for
$65.00, £50.00, €60.00 creating, producing, and printing social studies thematic
eBook: 978-1-4408-4159-0 books—both digitally and on paper. instruction.
The book outlines your partnering FEATURES
role with patrons in the creation of published materials, offering • Uses award-winning
step-by-step guidance for assisting library users who wish to put books to integrate
their written words in print. By using the detailed plan in this September 2017, 190pp, 8 1/2x11 social studies and
reference, you’ll be able to help patrons identify an audience for Print: 978-1-4408-4079-1 English language arts
their material, select the best publishing software for their needs, $40.00, £31.00, €37.00 • Provides engaging,
and utilize social media to promote and distribute their work. eBook: 978-1-4408-4080-7 ready-to-use lesson
plans that encourage
Chapters follow the publishing process from planning to creative hands-on engagement
development, production, and marketing. The final chapter
features books, websites, and Internet sources for designing
brochures; creating a website; and designing, printing, and ANDREA S. LIBRESCO is professor
distributing a book. Helpful guidelines accompany excerpts from of social studies education as well as
interviews with librarians experienced with this publishing model, codirector of elementary education
and of the minor in civic education at
examples of self-published books, and graphic models. Hofstra University.
FEATURES
• Offers librarians a broad overview of self-publishing and shows JEANNETTE BALANTIC is social
them how they can become part of the process studies curriculum coordinator in the
• Features interviews with library professionals experienced with Garden City School District in Garden
self-publishing City, NY.
• Expands and strengthens the role of the library as a publishing
center MARY BATTENFELD is associate
professor of humanities at Wheelock
• Includes practical advice for getting started in self-publishing
College in Boston, MA.
• Describes publishing opportunities for both librarians and
patrons

ALSO OF INTEREST
Every Book Is a Social Studies Book: How to Meet Standards
with Picture Books, K–6 online at librariesunlimited.com
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