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Poetry for pleasure : promoting poetry to children in public libraries
journal contribution
posted on 2008-09-15, 14:32 authored by Sally MaynardSally Maynard, J. Eric Davies, Rachel RobinsonThis article reports an investigation of the attitudes and opinions of
children’s librarians towards poetry, and towards its promotion in the public
library. It also reports some attitudes towards literature promotion to young
people in general. A series of structured interviews with library professionals
currently working in the public sector strongly indicate that
children’s librarians are themselves enthusiastic concerning poetry, and are
firmly convinced both of the benefits incurred by children encouraged to
read, write and listen to poems from a very early age, and of children’s own
enjoyment of this genre. Due to its brevity and memorability, poetry is
regarded by the interviewees as the most accessible literary form for poor or
reluctant readers, despite its wider image as a neglected and ‘difficult’ genre
for children and young people.
History
School
- Science
Department
- Information Science
Citation
MAYNARD, S., DAVIES, J.E. and ROBINSON, R., 2005. Poetry for pleasure : promoting poetry to children in public libraries. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 37 (1) pp. 35-43Publisher
© Sage PublicationsVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publication date
2005Notes
This article was published in the journal, Journal of Librarianship and Information Science [© SAGE] and is available at: http://lis.sagepub.com/ISSN
0961-0006Language
- en