Create, Innovate, and Serve: A Radical Approach to Children’s and Youth Programming ed. by Kathleen Campana

Reviewed by: Create, Innovate, and Serve: A Radical Approach to Children’s and Youth Programming ed. by Kathleen Campana Kate Quealy-Gainer, Assistant Editor ________ Campana, Kathleen, ed. Create, Innovate, and Serve: A Radical Approach to Children’s and Youth Programming; ed. by Kathleen Campana and J. Elizabeth Mills. ALA, 2019 p illus. with photographs Paper ed. ISBN 978-0-8389-1720-6 $64.99 Campana, assistant professor at the Kent State University School of Information, and Mills, PhD candidate at the University of Washington Information School, bring together theory and practice to develop and implement programming that promotes the library as a “community anchor.” The book is divided into two sections, the first of which comprises seven chapters that highlight various underpinnings of “radical change” in youth libraries; topics include diversity, play and play-making frameworks, and taking the library to unexpected places. The second part moves into the field, looking at real world cases of libraries and programming that are community oriented and that emphasize youth interaction; examples range from “Pop-Up Play Parties” at the Free Library of Philadelphia to free summer camps at the Toronto Public Library to teen-driven programming at the Olympia Timberland Library. Works cited and further resources conclude chapters, and an index is provided. [End Page 47] Copyright © 2019 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois