Reveals Woody Allen's attitudes about childhood, reading, writing, literature, and the movies. (KS)

Reports that magazine advertisements with black models, white models, and no models have comparable readership scores. (FL)

The results of an informal survey of young teens and young adults in the San Francisco Bay area indicate what they read for pleasure. Lists of the ten most popular books, authors and subjects are given. (SJ)

Author offers a balm of sweet reading for adolescents jaded by too much gore, social significance and solemnity. (Editor)

The school district that desires an excellent teaching staff must work hard at maintaining a high caliber communications network and allow teachers a substantial voice in policy-making decisions. (CK)

To identify reading materials suitable for learning disabled adolescents, teachers should determine areas of student interest, predict the student's reading level, and determine the material's readablity. Then the match between the student and material should be evaluated in terms of reading level, interest, word recognition, and comprehension.…

Discusses "Min Shun Bao" ("The People's Living Daily"), a daily newspaper in Taiwan that carries only features appealing to a wide audience. Reports on a survey finding that the paper has not been as successful as its publishers had hoped. (FL)

Reports on the reaction of long-term subscribers to two newspapers when those papers merged into one paper that adopted a format and content that were designed to attract new readers. Concludes that by reaching out for a younger audience, the new newspaper put less emphasis on local news, which alienated some long-term subscribers. (FL)

Annotates six adult books of interest to high school readers. (AEA)

Examines the reasons why so many people have preconceptions about how much "truth" is in fiction. Notes the effects of believing that authors base their fiction primarily on personal, "true-to-life" experiences. (RL)

This seventh annual annotated bibliography of trade books reflects the direct choices of approximately 10,000 children from among more than 500 books published in the United States in 1980. (FL)

Suggests that "Johnny Can Read" the popular magazines that Johnny wants to read, and encourages teachers to consider making such magazines a part of the reading program. (DD)

Presents and discusses the results of a study of the reading habits of children aged ten and eleven. (JM)

Notes that teachers may feel intimidated by the sheer number of recommended young adult literature titles. Presents annotations of eight young adult works that have appeared on at least three other lists of recommended books for 1995. (RS)