Explores Africa, the African habitats, plants and animals along with the people of this continent.

Provides a generous sampling of art and craft ideas, songs, and action rhymes, designed to help veteran librarians refresh and enliven ongoing programs, while providing novice storytime planners what they need to get started.

Introduces readers to the basics of space in lessons that can be done with everyday items from around your house.

Includes over one-hundred art activities for children to experience the styles and techniques of the great masters, from the Renaissance to the present.

Instructions for making over one hundred projects using materials found in the outdoors, helping children learn both creativity and imagination.

Storytelling in the library and school setting can take many forms. Del Negro encourages you to explore the folktales on your shelves and tailor them for the various age groups, involving the children in the storytelling as a way to learn through play, and letting them express the tales in their own words and ways.

"This book provides the tools necessary to put together successful summer reading programs for each of these different age groups. It also helps librarians to simplify their summer reading programs in order to minimize the amount of preparation they will need to do each year and to maximize their patrons' enjoyment of the program"--