The "Kids & Family Reading Report" is a national survey sharing the views of both kids and parents on reading books for fun and the influences that impact kids' reading frequency and attitudes toward reading. "The Rise of Read-Aloud" is one installment the Scholastic "Kids & Family Reading Report™: 7th…

The "Kids & Family Reading Report" is a national survey sharing the views of both kids and parents on reading books for fun and the influences that impact kids' reading frequency and attitudes toward reading. "Finding Their Story" is the second installment of the Scholastic "Kids & Family Reading Report™: 7th…

This report presents the 6th Edition of Scholastic's biannual study of children's and parents' attitudes and behaviors about reading. The latest research touches on: (1) Reading Books for Fun; (2) Reading Aloud; (3) Summer Reading; and (4) Favorite Children's Books. This research provides both reasons to celebrate as well as a strong motivation to…

In fall 2015, Scholastic, in conjunction with YouGov, conducted a survey to explore family attitudes and behaviours in India around reading books for fun. The key findings of this research, which are presented in this report, are based on a sample of 1,752 parents and children, including 350 parents of children aged 0-5; 701 parents of children…

The Wisconsin Summer Library Program was developed to promote use of the library by children during the summer, to familiarize them with the resources of the public library, and to help them retain their reading skills over the summer. Different ways of interpreting the theme of the summer program for 1985 were suggested by librarians throughout…

As a reference guide to selection of children's books, this book considers the appropriateness of such books for bibliotherapy as well as issues of a societal and developmental nature. Each of the book's chapters contains an introduction to an issue, a section relating particular books to the topic, suggestions for activities that teachers or…

Divided into three sections, "Outstanding Selections,""Additional Titles," and "May Fill a Special Need," the ninth annual booklist of the Young Adult Reviewers of Southern California covers books published during 1973. The reviewers are professional librarians employed in school and public libraries whose purpose is to evaluate young adult books…

Presents results of survey analyzing pleasure reading habits of gifted and other elementary school students covering types of books, where books are obtained, favorite authors, importance of reading, activities that encouraged reading, early childhood books, number of books owned, and enjoyment of reading. Role of schools and libraries are…

This book is a systematic examination of the range of fiction available to Australian children from 1941 to 1970. The author not only provides a guide for parents, teachers, librarians, and students who are discovering that there is a considerable body of Australian fiction for children, but he also outlines possible trends and patterns that are…

This book is a systematic examination of the range of fiction available to Australian children during the first one hundred years of the nation's existence, 1841-1941. The author discusses books written either by Australians or visitors and published in Australia and books set in Australia but published overseas. He places these books within the…

This volume is designed to aid teachers and librarians in giving book talks and reading guidance to children and young people between the ages of nine and sixteen. The books have been grouped under the following eight themes, which were derived from important goals of adolescent reading: (1) building a world view; (2) overcoming emotional growing…

This collection of abstracts is part of a continuing series providing information on recent doctoral dissertations. The 16 titles deal with the following topics: adolescent reading preferences for type of theme and sex of protagonist; empirical studies in response to literature; bibliographic control of American literature from 1920 to 1975; the…