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Direct linkMackey, Margaret – Literacy, 2022
In a socially just world, everyone would have an equal chance to become an enthusiastic reader. This article presents a detailed 'asset map' of a successful reading life and investigates three necessary components for creating readers: access, choice and time to read. Access to books, the chance and the requisite knowledge to choose reading…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Access to Information, Recreational Reading, Reading Material Selection
Peer reviewedMackey, Margaret – Language Arts, 1990
Explores the enormous attraction for young readers of series books (such as Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, and currently "The Baby-Sitters Club"). Discusses what children might learn from such reading, often thought of as pap literature by adults. (SR)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Books, Children, Novels
