Margaret K. Merga

Identifies evidence-backed and easy-to-implement strategies for encouraging young people to read, and helps you to position your library as an indispensable resource for supporting reading. While most reading research focuses on young children, Reading Engagement for Tweens and Teens looks at how to support reading beyond the early years and into adulthood. Reporting on strong, peer-reviewed research supported by sound...

Did your school encourage a life-long love of reading? Children who identify as readers are three times more likely to have good mental wellbeing. A reading culture that permeates a school can transform it into a space where reading is supported, encouraged, normalised, and valued. Creating a Reading Culture in Primary and Secondary Schools will help teachers and librarians to:...

Student literacy is a perennial concern in and across nations, with measurement and accountability continually ramped up at both individual student and school levels. Debates about literacy and how it can best be improved are never far from media headlines. However, relatively little consideration is given to the role that school libraries and their staff play in building and maintaining...