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Leading Children to Pleasure Reading: The Role of the West Australian Young Readers' Book Award.

Tobin, Barbara – Australian Journal of Reading, 1986

Describes a book award for which only children vote and claims that the children's participation in the award has promoted discriminating reading. (SRT)

Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Functional Literacy, Individualized Reading

Fiction: A Neglected Aspect of Library Service.

Peer reviewed

Isaacs, Margaret – Australian Library Journal, 1987

Examines the place of fiction in the library collection, the attitudes and practices of Australian librarians with respect to fiction, and the factors, including historical ones, which have shaped these attitudes. A proposal for a new approach to fiction in public libraries is presented. (Author/CLB)

Descriptors: Developed Nations, Fiction, Foreign Countries, Library Collections