Discusses G. K. Chesterton's views on children's literature and the importance of children reading for enjoyment. (AEA)

Reflects on childhood memories of reading a number of books by Leo Edwards and Margaret Pedler. (EL)

Report on a doctoral dissertation concerned with the problem of whether children self-select reading material that corresponds with their ability to read. (RB)

This inventory was devised in order to measure how children feel about reading. It is divided into four sections--Recreational Reading, Work-Type Reading, Learning to Read, and Social Values--with a total of 37 forced-choice type of responses. Besides its ease of administration and scoring by the classroom teacher, it requires only 20 to 30…

This illustrated collection of poetic excerpts from the plays and sonnets of William Shakespeare is designed to be read and appreciated by young people. The 39 excerpts in the collection follow the "7 ages of man" pattern from childhood to old age. The collection's introduction by the famous Shakespearean scholar, A.L. Rowse, recounts…

This bibliography lists articles, dissertations, and books released from 1889 through 1974 that deal with children's reading interests. The publications address such topics as children's preferences in reading textbooks and in recreational reading, the reading preferences of children in various age groups, children's poetry preferences, and…

Recognizing the relationship between interests and tastes that exists in the reading selection process, studies concerning either interests or tastes or a combination of both are included in this bibliography. However, taste as an inherent factor in the selection process was rarely treated in the research. The major concern was an emphasis on…

Offers suggestions for use by parents and teachers to encourage children to read for pleasure. (FL)

Comparison of data and findings from a current study on successful translated children's books published between 1990-2000 with an older study on successful translated children's books prior to 1990 allows conclusions to be drawn as to trends in publishing related to language, genre, subjects, and reviews of outstanding translated books and…

Three famous writers--Eudora Welty, Madeleine L'Engle, and Jack London--used their silent reading experiences to survive not only their childhoods, but also to become adult chroniclers of human lives. Pulitzer-prize winning author Eudora Welty credits an extended period of silent reading when she was 7 years old (and home from school for nearly a…

Seventy-five fifth grade students were administered an interest inventory to determine their attitudes toward reading and the kinds of reading materials they preferred. In addition, an observer completed reading behavior checklists for each student, and the students completed a second inventory to discover the amount of reading they did as opposed…

Several points need to be addressed when selecting humorous books for children. First, people of all ages react to humor in different ways; therefore, what one child finds funny another may not. Care must therefore be taken in sharing books with and recommending books for children. Second, humor itself is difficult to define, but humor should…

An attempt to interpret and analyze a book fantasy, for the very young child, written by Maurice Sendak. (Author)

This volume of a 1991 conference proceedings contains the conference's addresses and awards, a listing of the panels and workshops, and abstracts of those papers which were withdrawn from the proceedings to be published elsewhere. Among the papers in this document are: "Reading and Literacy: a Lifetime Work" (N. Bagnall); "The Image…

This book is a collection of commentaries by Nebraskans about books that have been memorable for them from childhood through adulthood. The book is a record of life-long learning dedicated to Nebraska's youngest readers in the Year of the Young Reader, 1989--a common ground for intergenerational dialogue made possible by the world of books. The…