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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
Peer reviewedBeck, Cathy; Bargiel, Susie; Koblitz, Dick; O'Connor, Anne; Pierce, Kathryn Mitchell; Wolf, Susan – Language Arts, 1998
Describes what some fifth-grade students read in the summer and why. Discusses 39 children's books in the following categories: summer experiences, trips and journeys, family experiences, and the lives of children in troubled times. Offers an excerpt from a discussion of middle school readers in response to reading the books on children in…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
