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Mellon, Constance A. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1990
Reports on a survey of the leisure reading of 700 teenagers in rural North Carolina which collected data on reading for pleasure, types of materials selected, favorite authors and books, differences in interests of boys and girls, reasons for reading, and how respondents find out about books. Implications for teachers and library media specialists…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Library Role, Literature Appreciation
Peer reviewedLongman, Debbie Guice; Atkinson, Rhonda Holt – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1987
Advocates teaching developmental students to apply the schemata they unconsciously use when choosing movies or television programs to select recreational books. Reviews six steps in surveying/previewing recreational books and three stages of diminishing teacher involvement in book selection. (DMM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Higher Education, Reader Text Relationship
Download full textHarris, Laurie Lanzen, Ed. – 1995
The serialized reference work "Biography Today" is initiating a "Subject Series" that in five separate volumes will encompass: authors, artists, scientists, and inventors, sports figures, and world leaders. This is the first volume in the "Author Series." There will be no duplication between the regular series and the special subject volumes. This…
Descriptors: Authors, Biographies, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education
Mallan, Kerry – 1993
Exploring the range and diversity of humorous literature for children, this book attempts to remedy the past neglect of children's humorous books by taking humor seriously. The first five chapters of the book discuss what children find funny and at what age, different kinds of humor found in children's literature, passages of humorous tone in…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education
Perrin, Noel – 1997
The essays in this collection are about neglected classics of children's fiction. The essays first appeared in the "Washington Post" and the "Los Angeles Times." With a scope limited to those works (mostly from the 20th-century) already overlooked or in danger of slipping from view, the 30 essays lead the reader through a wide…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Authors, Book Reviews, Childhood Interests
Rock, Victoria, Ed. – 1986
Conceived as a twentieth anniversary tribute to the Reading Is Fundamental Program, this book contains a varied collection of stories, poems, and drawings by some of America's most famous authors and artists of books for children, relating real and imaginary childhood memories that celebrate the joys of reading and the magic of children's…
Descriptors: Artists, Authors, Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature
Wilson, Paul T.; And Others – 1986
To the traditional arguments for teaching children to read can be added the contemporary idea that literacy is a tool, the necessary skill for full participation in society, and the ticket to social mobility and success. New reasons for reading books have emerged from recent gains in the understanding of the comprehension process and the nature of…
Descriptors: Books, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Literacy
Kirsch, Irwin; Guthrie, John – 1983
A reading activity inventory was administered to approximately 13% of the employees at one division of a high technology company in order to (1) assess the amount of time spent reading different content or topic areas, (2) assess the amount of time spent reading different types of materials, and (3) determine the prevailing uses for reading in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Occupational Surveys, Reading Habits, Reading Interests
Smith, Lynn C.; And Others – 1982
A study was conducted to compare students' recreational reading levels to their independent, instructional, and frustrational levels determinable with an informal reading inventory. Subjects, 20 second grade and 20 fifth grade students, were administered the Basic Reading Inventory. In addition, the school's librarian recorded titles of four books…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 2, Grade 5, Independent Reading
Ciccone, F. Dawn – 1981
A study was conducted to discover if the stated reading attitudes and interests of sixth grade students were relevant to their self-selected reading materials. Fifty students completed questionnaires concerning their reading attitudes and interests and used log sheets to record information about their self-selected reading materials. The results…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Females, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
Monseau, Virginia – 1980
Reasoning that in a basic English class there is barely enough time to read one or two novels a year, an English teacher convinced the principal of a Youngstown junior-senior high school that an independent reading course would be of tremendous value to those students who are avid readers as well as those who enjoy reading but can never seem to…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Elective Courses, High Schools
SCHLEICH, MIRIAM; SHEPHERD, DAVID L. – 1967
SIXTEEN ARTICLES PRESENT DISCUSSIONS OF THE ROLE OF THE LIBRARY AND CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN THE TOTAL SCHOOL READING PROGRAM. THE ARTICLES OFFER SUGGESTIONS FOR BUILDING POSITIVE ATTITUDES IN READING, PLANNING THE LITERATURE PROGRAM, USING BASAL READERS TO FOSTER READING, STIMULATING READING HABITS, AND DEVELOPING THE LIBRARY SKILLS AND READING…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Independent Reading, Library Services
Greenlaw, M. Jean – 1977
This paper uses the term "informational books" in place of the label "nonfiction" and proposes that the difference in connotation might promote a change in students' attitudes toward content reading. Several examples of informational books and their use are provided, showing classroom teachers and librarians how to enhance learning while providing…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Education, Individualized Reading, Literature Appreciation
Saxby, H. M. – 1971
This book is a systematic examination of the range of fiction available to Australian children from 1941 to 1970. The author not only provides a guide for parents, teachers, librarians, and students who are discovering that there is a considerable body of Australian fiction for children, but he also outlines possible trends and patterns that are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Australian Literature, Books, Childrens Literature
Peer reviewedPfordresher, John – English Journal, 1985
Discusses the difficulties connected with preparing students to read "the classics" for pleasure. (EL)
Descriptors: Classics (Literature), English Instruction, Individualized Reading, Literature Appreciation
