The Library Book Design Collaborations in the Public Schools

The Library Book: Design Collaborations in the Public Schools
Dexigner.com: November 28, 2009

It's often said a child's lifelong love of reading begins at home.

But declining literacy rates among the nation's public elementary school students suggests this maxim needs revision.

For reading to become an everyday habit, it needs to be nurtured in a home of its own.

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The nonprofit L!brary Initiative, created by the Robin Hood Foundation, has been working since 2001 to enhance student literacy and overall academic achievement by collaborating with school districts to design, build, equip, and staff new elementary school libraries.

The L!brary Book takes readers behind the scenes of fifty groundbreaking library projects to show how widely varied fields and communities - corporate underwriters, children's book publishers, architects, graphic designers, product manufacturers, library associations, teachers, and students - can join forces to make a difference in the lives of children. READ MORE !