Open AccessBook Review: Get Your Community Moving: Physical Literacy Programs for All Ages
Author(s) -
Teralee ElBasri
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
reference and user services quarterly/reference and user services quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.443
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2163-5242
pISSN - 1094-9054
DOI - 10.5860/rusq.58.4.7153
Subject(s) - literacy , connection (principal bundle) , affect (linguistics) , psychology , physical activity , mental health , pedagogy , medicine , engineering , communication , psychotherapist , structural engineering , physical medicine and rehabilitation
Carson brings her years of experience with physical literacy programs in libraries and other spaces to create this well thought-out and researched guide to physical literacy programming and its rationale in the library. She makes clear the connection between physical health and mental/emotional well-being, as well as how physical activity can positively affect library staff and patrons alike. The exploration of the mind/body connection and the assertions of the positive connections between the two supported with well-researched facts makes this book worth examining. In particular, the correlation between regular exercise and lowered teen suicide rates should be enough motivation for all libraries to provide these types of programs that engage our communities in physical activity and awareness.