Suggests way of introducing books to children and lists resources containing ideas for promoting reading. (RH)

This report by the NCTE Committee recommends books for children in three categories--primary, intermediate, and advanced--and includes a short summary of each book. (JL)

Fifty picture storybooks appearing on the "Children's Choices for 1979" list were analyzed to discover what story structures children preferred. Concludes that children prefer storybooks with episodic plots involving confrontation with a problem, and characters who have opposing points of view or who experience the same thing in contrasting ways.…

Argues that a literate environment can be fostered by teachers requesting children to read the daily newspaper and encouraging them to badger their parents for subscriptions. (FL)

Suggests that, in the rush to make programs literature-based and to privilege the child's book choices, reading teachers have undervalued both the contribution of easy-to-read books and the expertise of teachers who would judiciously suggest books for children to help move their literacy development along. (RS)

This reading attitude scale was designed to negate the tendency for students to indicate overly positive attitudes, a tendency which the authors feel is reflected in responses to other attitude scales. There are two forms of the scale: one for grades 1-3 and one for grades 4-6. The primary scale is read to the children and has a three choice…

Describes an approach to the teaching of literature which involves writing letters to authors, encouraging book sharing, and reading along with students. (DD)

Annotates 112 children's books selected by children as the best of those published in 1989. (MM)

Describes how teacher educator Sam Sebesta's work and life continue to focus on reading and viewing as a performing art. Discusses how his journey and his many contributions to the world of reading and literature have been notable and worthy. (SC)

Suggests ways in which teachers can make reading books to children an even more enjoyable experience for the students. (RB)

Examines the results of the Schools Council study in Britain on children's reading habits and interests, concluding that the results need to be acted on if the reading of British children is to be improved. (RB)

Presents a model designed to expand the comprehension skills and literary interests of children in elementary school. (DD)

Describes a technique that allows children to share their reading interests with others. (FL)

In the first manuscript, preference and interest studies are examined for the purpose of determining the issues involved in guiding educational professionals in the selection of books for free reading in the classroom and the library. Studies which examined books that children actually read rather than studies investigating topics children might…

Relates a teacher's childhood experiences with poetry and her views of the value poetry has in the language arts curriculum. (HTH)