<b>My Own Invention</b> - Rural Reading

  • Susanne Wilhere

Abstract

School libraries play a critical role in the promotion and use of quality children's literature. The school library is the first place many children see a book. Susanne Wilhere examines the even greater importance of school libraries in rural and disadvantaged areas.

Author Biography

Susanne Wilhere
Savid Beagley is Lecturer in Children's Literature and Literacy at La Trobe University's Bendigo campus, Victoria, Australia, where he teaches units in Genres, History, Australian and Post-colonial children's literature. He has previously taught in secondary schools, and has been a school and university librarian.
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