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Download full textClark, Christina; Lant, Fay – National Literacy Trust, 2019
This report uses data from the National Literacy Trust's 2019 Annual Literacy Survey and the Great School Library Campaign to determine how many schools in the UK have had a writer visit in the last year, their reasons for organising the visit, and the relationship the visit had with children and young people's engagement with reading and writing.…
Descriptors: Authors, Writing Attitudes, Reading Attitudes, Children
Peer reviewedvon Krogh Cutts, Alida – Journal of Reading, 1988
Award-winning short-story writer talks about her own reading and writing, censorship, young adult novels, and ways teachers can increase students' interest in reading. (ARH)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Authors, Creative Writing, Interviews
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 reviewedRedmond, Judith K. – English Journal, 1982
Offers reasons why popular literature, such as the work of Judy Blume, and the literary "classics" do not keep adolescents interested in literature and reading. Suggests several authors and books that are especially suited to the reading needs of young adults. (RL)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Authors, Literary Styles
Kiefer, Barbara – School Library Journal, 2001
Discusses the need for children to go beyond literacy to become lifelong readers. Highlights include the reading process; reading instruction; and the role of the librarian, including reading books aloud, allowing children to choose their own books, book discussion groups, teaching different purposes of reading, and author studies. (LRW)
Descriptors: Authors, Elementary Education, Library Role, Reading Aloud to Others
Fronius, Sandra K. – 1993
The purpose of this study was to determine the reading interests of the young adult participants in the summer reading program at Medina County District Library (Ohio). Findings were compared to research done in other locations and to current bibliographies of recommended reading for young adults. The study looked at a systematic sample of reader…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Authors, Library Services
Peer reviewedReed, Arthea, Ed. – The ALAN Review, 1987
Focusing on adolescent literature, this issue highlights the role of historian, writer, teacher, and reader in fact, fiction, and history. The following essays are included: "Doing the Literacy Tango" (J. L. Collier); "Biography and Books of James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier" (J. Bugniazet); "Fact, Fiction and History: The Role of…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Authors, Fiction, History
Peer reviewedTelford, Lesley – Early Child Development and Care, 1999
Examined how reading attitudes of Year 6 boys in British primary schools were influenced by gender issues, peers, and peer group culture. Found that confidence and experience shown in private reading was at odds with boys' public attitudes in discussion with peers. Suggests that siblings and adults might provide more positive role models for…
Descriptors: Authors, Books, Children, Childrens Literature
