Getting Ready for Play! Toy Collections in Public Libraries

Authors

  • Carly Bastiansen
  • Jennifer Wharton

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal13n4.13

Abstract

Looking for a lively way to enhance early literacy services at your library? Hoping to increase circulation, community engagement, and fun in the children’s section? Consider adding circulating toys, games, puppets, and puzzles to your children’s collection.

Author Biographies

Carly Bastiansen

Carly Bastiansen is a library associate at Harford County Public Library in Maryland, managing the Learning and Sharing Collection and the Sharing the Gift program. She received her MLS in Diversity and Inclusion from the University of Maryland.

Jennifer Wharton

Jennifer Wharton is Youth Services Librarian at the Matheson Memorial Library in Elkhorn, Wisconsin. You can follow more of her library adventures at jeanlittlelibrary.blogspot.com

References

Sue McCleaf Nespeca, “The Importance of Play, Particularly Constructive Play, in Public Library Programming,” The Association for Library Service to Children, September 10, 2012, accessed August 8, 2015, www.ala.org/alsc/sites/ala.org.alsc/files/content/Play_formatted.pdf.

Kenneth R. Ginsburg, “The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bonds,” Pediatrics 119, no. 1 (January 2007): 182.

Betsy Diamant-Cohen, et al., “We Play Here!: Bringing the Power of Play into Children’s Libraries,” Children and Libraries 10, no. 1 (Spring 2012): 3.

Sarah D. Sparks, “Key to Vocabulary Gap Is Quality of Conversation, Not Dearth of Words,” Education Week, April 21, 2015, accessed Aug. 8, 2015, www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/04/22/key-to-vocabulary-gap-is-quality-of.html.

“Toy Lending Library,” Lekotek, accessed April 23, 2015, www.lekotek.org/family-services/toy-lending-library.

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Published

2015-12-07

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 4 (2015): Winter

Section

Features

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