The Linnaeus University project "The Book Dog and Astrid Lindgren" seeks to bring children and literature together and to use the dog as a tool for this. The method involves children reading aloud to trained dogs, called "book dogs." By studying the practice of the book dog, we seek more profound knowledge of the importance of…

The study focuses on literary translation between languages of low diffusion (LLD) from the perspective of a culture using such a language. The position of a language group in the world translation system determines the general flow of literary translation, but the specifics for the translation of an individual LLD may depend on a number of…

A Nevada program under the auspices of the Western States Small Schools Project and aimed at providing "enjoyment" reading for small rurally disadvantaged schools is described in this report. Included in this program description are: (1) Introduction (a description of the rural, low-income, target population); (2) The Proposal (states…

Describes the history of the Robbins Library in Arlington, Massachusetts, which grew from a couple of wheelbarrow loads of books in l835 to a collection of 130,000 volumes in l985. (EL)

Discusses the situation with out-of-print books in the realm of adolescent literature. Describes two projects working to bring selected out-of-print books back into print. (SR)

Describes a program that encourages the love of reading, and develops the reading skills of early adolescents, preschoolers, and elementary school students. The adolescents read aloud to the younger children from children's books, discuss the readings with the children, and help the children understand the books. (SM)

Discusses how New York librarians and early childhood educators work together to get preschool children off to the right start in language and literacy. Describes how programs through libraries and involving parents, teachers and librarians can give children a better chance to grow up literate and love books. (MG)

Discusses a project that included the production of a specially designed book and its dissemination through a national network of maternal care centers to every child born in Finland. (AEA)

Describes the Children's Book Project in Tanzania (a promising program of the Canadian Organization for Development through Education), which has, with limited outlay, created a children's publishing industry in Tanzania (consisting of children's books written by local authors) that fills a dire need for books. (SR)

Reports on 3 unorthodox programs for teaching beginning reading. One uses library books and newspapers as the core materials, one features a parent-involvement program, and one emphasizes tender training. (JMB)

Suggestions for organizing a science book fair are provided, focusing on planning activities, book displays, publications/publicity, and evaluation. Factors discussed related to book displays include: size and scope of selection, where to obtain books, and how they will be displayed. (JN)

Describes a reading/writing relationship between students in different districts and in different grade levels (middle school students and at-risk freshmen) and how it gave meaning and purpose to the activity of reading and writing. (SR)

Outlines a social experiment in which library services were extended to include book circulation and other services to children who were mountain shepherds in Italy. The program was successful in initiating socialization of the young boys with other shepherds and village children. (Author/CWM)

Authors and illustrators alive and well in New Jersey! A unique library project gives a neighborly feeling to reading. (Editor)

This book reports on an experiment in literacy which was carried out at the federal correctional institution in Milan, Michigan. Contents include: an introduction by Daniel N. Fader, "Walden's Bookshop," a discussion of a prison library; "The Milan Library: A History of Inmate Involvement"; "Literature and the…