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Peer reviewedRobinson, Richard D. – Reading Horizons, 1980
Provides selected quotations about reading from great writers of the past (MKM)
Descriptors: Authors, Elementary Secondary Education, Lifelong Learning, Reading
Peer reviewedMohr, Nicholasa – New Advocate, 1999
Offers reflections (by Nicholasa Mohr, writer of children's, young adult, and adult literature) upon how she learned to read and how reading gave her a sense of freedom, as well as pride in her own Puerto Rican heritage, in spite of the nonacceptance and contempt she experienced in school. (SR)
Descriptors: Authors, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism
Peer reviewedSmith, Karen Patricia; Zarnowski, Myra – New Advocate, 2000
Discusses six books for teachers and educators that consider what makes reading attractive and even irresistible. Notes the books deal with author studies and elementary school students, broadening student response (to reading) to include art and music, a project approach to the classics, using computers to teach literature, effective school media…
Descriptors: Authors, Classics (Literature), Computers, Elementary Secondary Education
