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Peer reviewedCecil, Nancy Lee – PTA Today, 1987
Suggestions for creating a home environment favorable for building positive reading habits are presented. (MT)
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Environment, Literature Appreciation
Download full textFuchs, Lucy – 1987
Intended to help parents and teachers select books for young people that reflect the actual interests of adolescents, this booklet discusses titles that both appeal to teenagers and help adults gain insight into their needs, their concerns, and their values. Titles of chapters in the booklet are as follows: (1) "Are Young Adult Books…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Literature Appreciation, Reading Attitudes
Clary, Linda Mixon – 1989
Parents and teachers need to be involved in teaching children to read and to enjoy reading. There are three planks in a platform that will help all parents become involved in their children's learning to read. First, parents must set the example. If they want their children to read, parents must read around them and to them. Secondly, they must…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Literature Appreciation, Parent Attitudes
Quigg, Claudia – 1993
Designed for parents, this booklet provides parents with information about encouraging literacy in young children in the format of a children's book with illustrations from various works by noted children's illustrator Tomie dePaola. The booklet emphasizes the importance of reading to and with children, stressing that reading helps children learn…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy
