The Baker’s Dozen: The Best Children’s Books for Family Literacy

Selection Committee for Books Published in 2005

Ellysa Cahoy
Information Literacy Librarian
Instructional Programs
Penn State University

Steven L. Herb, Ph.D.
Head, Education and Behavioral Sciences Library
Director, Pennsylvania Center for the Book
Penn State University

Deborah Marciano, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor of Curriculum & Instruction
Penn State Altoona
Currently:  Associate Professor of Elementary Education,
Washington College, Chestertown, MD

Maria Marvin
Graduate Assistant for Family Literacy - Pennsylvania Center for the Book
Doctoral Student in Adult Education
Penn State University

Sara Willoughby-Herb
Preschool Teacher
Grace Lutheran Day School
State College, Pennsylvania

With Assistance from Eloise Ingram
Collections Assistant
Education and Behavioral Sciences Library
Penn State University


A Baker’s Dozen is co-sponsored by the Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy, the Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy, and the University Libraries.

last updated 8/24/06
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