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Public libraries are a free community resource available to families in communities across the United States. The Every Child Ready to Read Program (ECRR) is currently the only known research-based early literacy parent initiative available for public libraries to use. This current study presents the findings of a case study that included both librarian and parent interviews to explore how one suburban library utilized the ECRR program. Building upon current ECRR research, the study explores how librarians and parents utilized library storytimes. The key findings of the study include the discovery that the two librarians differed substantially in their implementation of the ECRR program, with one librarian being more willing to offer instruction to parents while the other librarian not directly wanting this as her role. One possible reason for this difference involves the different educational background and specific job duties of each librarian. In regards to parents, the study found that parents utilized library storytimes largely for social reasons for both themselves and their child. Furthermore, new mothers and Spanish-speaking mothers showed a special appreciation for storytimes, in that both attended storytimes for personal guidance. In light of parent-school trust literature, the library in the current study appeared as a place to establish and maintain trusting partnerships with parents. Implications of ECRR are discussed, as well as recommendations for further research / Literacy & Learners

There has been a downward trend in reading ability and motivation to read among Swedishadolescents in recent decades. This study aims to investigate, through qualitative semi-structuredresearch interviews, what the opinions are of several Swedish teachers at the upper secondarylevel regarding reading fiction and what methods they use to motivate their students to readfiction. The study will also touch on how teachers feel concerning conversations about literaturein their classrooms and whether teachers notice any difference in motivation to read in studentslinked to gender.Based on theories from leading researchers in the field of reading motivation, tenrecommendations that increase reading motivation have been developed and this study aims todiscuss the extent to which the interviewed teachers work based on these recommendations.The study concludes that according to the conditions Swedish upper secondary level teachershave, they work to a substantial extent according to the recommendations developed in thisstudy / Det har funnits en nedåtgående trend i läsförmåga och motivation att läsa bland svenskaungdomar under de senaste decennierna. Denna studie syftar till att genom kvalitativasemistrukturerade forskningsintervjuer undersöka hur fyra svensklärare på högstadiet resonerarkring läsning av skönlitteratur och hur de arbetar med att motivera sina elever att läsa.Studien kommer också att beröra hur lärare resonerar kring samtal om litteratur i sina klassrumoch om lärare märker någon skillnad gällande läsmotivation hos elever kopplat till kön.Utifrån teorier från ledande forskare inom området läsmotivation har tio rekommendationer somökar läsmotivationen tagits fram och denna studie syftar till att diskutera i vilken utsträckning deintervjuade lärarna arbetar utifrån dessa rekommendationer.Studien drar slutsatsen att enligt de förutsättningar svenska högstadielärare har så arbetar de istor utsträckning enligt de rekommendationer som tagits fram i denna studie.