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Kline, Lloyd W. – Journal of Reading, 1980
Discusses market research indicating that eight children's and nine teen's magazines are in the top 100 magazines sold on the newsstand and by subscription. Estimates that a minimum of from 9 to 12 million magazines go into the hands of juveniles every month. (MKM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Books, Children, Elementary Secondary Education
American School Board Journal, 1985
Seven well-known people describe their early experiences with books and reading and tell how they became avid readers. (MD)
Descriptors: Books, Family Environment, Family Influence, Libraries
Cullinan, Bernice E. – Horn Book Magazine, 1986
Argues the importance of including good literature in elementary and secondary school curricula and the need to fight against watered down versions of texts. (FL)
Descriptors: Books, Censorship, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education
Gagne, Sarah S. – Horn Book Magazine, 1984
Describes the text and the suitability of recent books that deal with the subjects of eagles, insect's bodies, geology, human anatomy, and redwoods. (CRH)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education
Fletcher, Janet, Ed.; And Others – Library Journal, 1973
New books in all fields are listed and briefly reviewed. This section also contains an author/title index to The Book Review'' from January to June, brief remarks by new writers and a listing of books to be published this summer. (2000 references) (DH)
Descriptors: Authors, Book Reviews, Books, Indexes

Cho, Kyung-Sook; Krashen, Stephen D. – Journal of Reading, 1994
Describes a case study in which four adult female students of English as a Second Language participated in a free reading program for several months, reading books in the Sweet Valley series written for children and youth. Shows that all four women became enthusiastic readers and that their ability to speak and understand everyday English improved…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adult Education, Books, Case Studies

Mackey, 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

Beck, 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
International Reading Association, Newark, DE. – 1992
Designed to make the job of encouraging adolescents to read less of a challenge, this book provides descriptions of all of the approximately 150 examples of young adult literature that were selected "Young Adults' Choices" in the yearly voting by teenagers conducted from 1987 to 1992. Each entry in the book includes bibliographic…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Annotated Bibliographies, Audience Awareness
Roeder, Harold H. – 1968
A comparative study of the quantitiative leisure reading habits of 85 female public school teachers and a group of 95 women similar to the teachers in demographic and sociological respects is presented. Several relationships were statistically significant at the .01 level as indicated by the Chi Square test of association. A significant…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Books, Comparative Analysis

Bissett, Donald J.; Moline, Ruth E. – Language Arts, 1975
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Bibliographies, Book Reviews, Books

Crist, Patricia – English Journal, 1983
Outlines one junior high school's method of improving students' reading habits through a book fair, a book exchange club, and a weekly read-in. (MM)
Descriptors: Books, Junior High Schools, Literature Appreciation, Reading

Wendelin, Karla Hawkins; Zinck, R. Ann – Reading Horizons, 1983
Reveals that there are definite factors fifth- through eighth-grade students consider when choosing books for personal reading, including (1) peer recommendations, (2) movie and television tie-ins, and (3) information provided on the book jacket. (FL)
Descriptors: Books, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Instruction, Reading Interests

Robinson, John P. – Journal of Communication, 1980
Presents a study of adult reading habits based on time use. Indicates a decline in daily newspaper readership, particularly in the past 10 years, but a revival in magazine and book reading for the same period. (JMF)
Descriptors: Adults, Books, Newspapers, Periodicals
Small, Robert C., Jr., Ed. – 1982
The books listed in this annotated bibliography, selected to provide pleasurable reading for high school students, are arranged alphabetically by author under 35 main categories: (1) adventure and adventurers; (2) animals; (3) art and architecture; (4) biography; (5) careers and people on the job; (6) cars and airplanes; (7) great books that are…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Annotated Bibliographies, Books