Explores teachers' enthusiasm for books to determine whether they have the kind of enthusiasm which would be a positive force in developing positive attitudes to reading. Stimulates teachers to consider their own reading and how it is reflected in the classroom. (MG)

Reports on an interdisciplinary unit of study for British second-year junior students dealing with trees. Claims the unit developed the appreciation and fascination that reading materials can offer and demonstrated the multifarious uses for which reading can be employed. (SKC)

Explains that if the ability to read in the fullest sense can be fostered from infancy in and out of school, children will grow to be the highly literate society of tomorrow. (DF)

Uses a small-scale attitude survey to assess children's attitudes to the way reading is taught in England, and examines possible alternatives to existing practice. (RS)