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Reviewed by: The Storytime Sourcebook II: A Compendium of 3500+ New Ideas and Resources for Storytellers Cindy Welch Cullum, Carolyn N. The Storytime Sourcebook II: A Compendium of 3500+ New Ideas and Resources for Storytellers. Neal Schuman, 2007489p Paper ed. ISBN 1-55570-589-8$75.00 Occasionally, staff at school and public libraries need assistance invigorating storytime or developing new programs, and Cullum offers an updated and expanded version to accompany her 1999 Storytime Sourcebook (BCCB 2/00) that will help with the task. Though this looks like a second volume, it's really a useful revision of the first: the program topics, nearly 150 of them, have stayed the same, picture books and other resources published prior to 1995 have been replaced by newer materials, and the author has added more current music, video (DVD and videocassettes), and movement recommendations. The topical tie-ins for each program have been updated, and Cullum has added recommended lists of reference and picture books along with a special new picture books list entitled, "Classic 'Not To Be Missed' Picture Book Titles." There are updated lists of publishers and distributors of both videos and music, and the plethora of indices include picture book authors, titles, music/movement, crafts, activities, and songs. As in the earlier volume, there are no suggestions for telling stories, and only citations (rather than the text itself) are provided for fingerplays and songs, which necessitates an extra step for busy staff using the book to assemble a program. In addition, simple navigational aids such as side tabs or meaningful headers would have helped users negotiate the 489-page volume. Even with these limitations, this is a useful work, especially for paraprofessionals planning programs or staff looking to augment their children's collections with an array of resources equally at home with a single reader or an excited group of toddlers ready for a storytime romp. Copyright © 2007 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
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