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Whitehead, Nicole – Reading Improvement, 2004
This study examined the effects of students access to print through public library card ownership and class trips to the community library. Reading performance, attitudes toward reading, time spent reading at home, number of books at home, and family visits to the public library after school were compared between students who had library cards,…
Descriptors: Reading Attitudes, Recreational Reading, Public Libraries, Books
Chatterjee, Jayashree – School Library Journal, 2006
Having sleepovers at the public library can be fun and exciting. This article describes the Brownie Sleepover program, a library sleepover program, which started 10 years ago when two local Brownie leaders approached the former head of children's services to ask if she could help second graders earn their "Be a Reader" patch. After…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Public Libraries, Youth Clubs, Females