Highlights 34 children's tradebooks as a valuable instructional resource across the curriculum and particularly as a good aid to integrating content area instruction. Identifies four broad themes (growing things, the world around us, animal friends, and who we are, where we've been) and reviews books which reflect those themes. (MG)

Examines several current nonfiction books that can expand a child's knowledge of a wide variety of subjects, noting that the breadth of a child's knowledge base affects his or her reading development. Subjects discussed include dinosaurs, animal preservation, insects, ecology, history, and drugs and alcohol. (SM)

Intended as a comprehensive review of study guides, this monograph combines a discussion of why and how study guides help students comprehend text with a focus on the most effective ways to use these guides in the classroom. The publication is designed to help teachers decide when and how to use these comprehension aids. The monograph presents an…