[PW] Re: quotes/stats on positive impact of public libraries on children...

[Bill Hill]

One last book that sounds very promising in this regard:

*Reading Matters*
/What the Research Reveals about Reading, Libraries, and Community/ 
<http://lu.com/showbook.cfm?isbn=9781591580669>

Ross, Catherine Sheldrick 
<http://lu.com/showbook.cfm?isbn=9781591580669#con1>
McKechnie, Lynne (E.F.) <http://lu.com/showbook.cfm?isbn=9781591580669#con2>
Rothbauer, Paulette M. <http://lu.com/showbook.cfm?isbn=9781591580669#con3>
$34.00
ISBN: 1591580668 (Paperback)
Publication Date: 12/30/2005
Libraries Unlimited.

Sylvia Milne wrote:

>This site http://www.lovelibraries.co.uk/
>Has quotations from writers and other people 
>http://www.lovelibraries.co.uk/quotes.php
>some of them talk about their childhood experiences in public libraries.
>
>Sylvia Milne
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>Please visit me at
>http://www.sylviamilne.co.uk
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>From: "Phalbe Henriksen" <phenriksen at neflin.org>
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>children...
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>>Folks,
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>>I'm helping someone write a grant for matching funds for a gift to
>>the library and he's looking for information he can quote. Here's
>>what he wants:
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>>>to show the positive impact of a library on children
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>>And, of course, this is a rush job! (Aren't they all?)
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>>Can anyone put a finger on anything that would be useful?
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>>Thanks.
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>>Phalbe Henriksen
>>Director
>>Bradford County Public Library
>>Starke, FL
>>http://bradfordcountylibrary.blogspot.com
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