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Delivering the Best Start: A guide to early years libraries Carolynn Rankin and Avril Brock This book provides an understanding of how pre-school children develop literacy skills through enjoyable and meaningful learning experiences, and is a pioneering practical guide for library and information professionals involved in planning and delivering services in early years libraries. Drawing on the authors' underpinning contemporary research and examples from current best practice, it will equip practitioners with a broad range of knowledge and ideas. User-friendly and accessible, each chapter is clearly structured and sets outs the key issues for practitioners, scenarios offering insights into these, and practical ideas and resources for service provision. The book also includes case studies of successful pre-school library initiatives in a variety of global settings, useful information about relevant organizations, and links to helpful websites. This valuable text is essential reading for all library and information professionals working with young children - whether those with responsibility for the strategic planning of services, or those involved in delivering them at community level. Essential for students of library and information studies or childhood studies, and practitioners undertaking NVQ qualifications, it also provides a sound background in early years literacy and provision for a range of local authority practitioners, such as nursery teachers and Children's Centre managers. November 2008; 208pp; paperback; 978-1-85604-610-7; £39.95 (£31.96 to CILIP Members) To order your copy, please visit: http://www.facetshop.co.uk/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=1&Product_Code=610-7&Category_Code= Message sent by: Lena Stuart Facet Publishing 7 Ridgmount Street London WC1E 7AE Tel: +44 (0)20 7255 0597 Fax: +44 (0)20 7255 0591 Web: www.facetpublishing.co.uk Visit www.kwtl.co.uk to take a tour of Paul Pedley's new copyright and information law website CILIP membership - an investment in your professional future - visit www.cilip.org.uk