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Norton, Terry L.; Anfin, Carol S. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1997
Children quickly become bored with repetition requiring the library media specialists to vary their booktalk formats to sustain children's attention and promote recreational reading. This article discusses the four basic booktalk formats: plot summary, anecdote, character description, creation of mood, and a fifth to promote books with a common…
Descriptors: Authors, Books, Characterization, Childrens Literature
Peer reviewedWojciechowski, Jacek – Public Libraries, 1996
Describes the difference between literary communication ("belles-lettres") and information communication. Identifies 11 possible functions of or reasons for reading belles-lettres. Discusses the importance of literary communication to library users and the library's role in providing belles-lettres to the public. (AEF)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Information Sources, Library Collections, Library Material Selection
Download full textTrevino, Rose; Trevino, Pete – 1996
This manual of activities and reproducible drawings and worksheets is designed to encourage reading and to accompany a reading club program. Each chapter is centered around an Olympic sport. As each chapter begins, a bulletin board idea and nametag pattern are provided. This is followed by several storytime ideas for toddlers and preschoolers,…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Activities, Learning Activities
Sullivan, Emilie P.; Donoho, Grace E. – 1994
A study investigated the relationship between reading and the writings of gifted secondary school writers, especially their developmental reading interests, leisure reading selections, and the influence of others on their literary choices. Subjects, 79 students from rural and urban Arkansas schools were participating in a gifted writers'…
Descriptors: Contemporary Literature, Gifted, Individual Development, Reading Attitudes
Lesesne, Teri S. – 1991
Research shows that middle school students overwhelmingly cite three characteristics that they like in books they read: (1) humor; (2) mystery and suspense; and (3) reality (true stories about real people). Matching students with appropriate books helps turn students "on" to reading, and it is this "electric" reading that…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Middle School Students
Futterman, Linda, Comp.; And Others – 1989
The 14th Jerusalem International Book Fair, as an integral part of the International Jerusalem Symposium on Encouraging Reading took place for the fourth time. It addressed itself specifically to the promotion of reading habits among children and young people. The proceedings contain the following addresses: (1) "Give Us Books, Give Us Wings;…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Mass Media Use
Leonard, Rex; And Others – 1988
A study was conducted to discern reading habits of adult basic education (ABE) and General Educational Development (GED) students in two Mississippi junior colleges. A sample of 217 students was administered a questionnaire about reading habits. The sample was studied as a whole and by the demographic variables of race, gender, age (14-19; 20-29;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Blacks, High School Equivalency Programs
Watson, Mary – 1985
A total of 230 second through fifth grade boys and girls from five private schools in the San Francisco Bay area were asked to keep a record of the books they read for pleasure over the period of a month to determine whether there were differences between the books chosen across the grades and between sexes. The students recorded the books on a…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
Dickinson, Luren – 1978
This paper reviews research about how reading affects behavior. Chapter one gives a general introduction to reading effects and their implications for librarians, educators, and other professionals. The second chapter deals specifically with the 66 studies that have examined reading's influence on attitudes and emotions, analyzing these studies…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior, Behavioral Science Research, Individual Development
PDF pending restorationCotner, Susan, Comp. – 1973
The Leisure Reading Selection Guide is part of an effort by the Appalachian Adult Education Cetner to aid librarians and adult basic education personnel in the selection of materials for undereducated adults. It is a listing of those leisure reading materials most frequently used by adult learners in four Appalachian Adult Education Center…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Annotated Bibliographies, Guides
Development Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1972
A survey of selected neighborhoods in eight cities was conducted to determine the relevance, availability and utilization of leisure-time reading materials in both English and Spanish for Hispanic-American children. Spanish-speaking children, parents, teachers, librarians, educators and community workers were interviewed in each of the eight…
Descriptors: Independent Reading, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Reading
Cleary, Florence Damon – 1972
The major premise of this book is the reaffirmation of the concept that skill and interest in reading are interdependent and inseparable and that neither goal is reached unless both are pursued simultaneously. Part I identifies problems involved in improving reading guidance programs and describes the forces and factors that influence the reader…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Library Material Selection, Reading Development
ENNIS, PHILIP H. – 1965
THE FINDINGS OF A PILOT STUDY OF THE PERSONAL USE OF BOOKS BY ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES AND OF THE FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE THEIR READING ARE PRESENTED. CHAPTER I, "READING--A PERSONAL VIEW," PRESENTS EXCERPTS OF INTERVIEWS WITH BUSINESSMEN, HOUSEWIVES, AND STUDENTS OF THE CHICAGO AREA WHO WERE CHOSEN AT RANDOM AND WHO WERE WILLING TO…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Attitudes, Community Resources, Cultural Influences
Peer reviewedChildress, Glenda T. – Top of the News, 1985
Describes observations of recreational reading material selection by kindergarten and first-grade boys and girls. Discussion covers gender-related preferences in choices of recreational library materials, fiction and non-fiction choices, flexibility in reading choices, and gender roles. Observations made in 1983 and 1984 are appended. Five sources…
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Whitehead, Frank – Use of English, 1985
Whitehead disputes the interpretation given his work in an article written by Roger Knight. (DF)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Criteria, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
