A study regarding the leisure time reading behavior of 249 elderly persons indicated that reading is a positive coping factor for older persons. (MKM)

Discusses the differing opinions about the value and quality of adolescent literature. Draws from sources indexed in the ERIC system. (MKM)

Create new interest in reading with an eclectic collection of everyday items. (Editor)

To find out if professional periodicals and books are really being read, the American Management Association and the American Society for Training and Development made a joint national survey of the reading habits of three thousand training managers randomly selected from their memberships. Charts of the 801 responses are presented and discussed.…

Describes an approach to the teaching of literature which involves writing letters to authors, encouraging book sharing, and reading along with students. (DD)

Presents information for helping high school and college students realize the merits of others' research and thoughts and utilize a critical acceptance in the awareness of a writer's limitations. (JM)

The first in a series of annual annotated bibliographies of 30 newly published trade books chosen by students in middle, junior, and senior high schools throughout the United States. (SKC)

Reviews series mysteries for children and adolescents in two categories: mysteries for girls ("Nancy Drew,""Doris Fein") and mysteries for boys ("Hardy Boys,""Race against Time"). Characters and plots, appeal of the series, and series books and adolescents are discussed. Eight sources are given. (EJS)

Refutes the myth that young adults won't read about protagonists younger than themselves. Describes novels from which adolescents can benefit that contain candid treatment of the loss of innocence, the search for home, and the complexities of independence, love, and self-knowledge. (EL)

Discusses juvenile family novels, such as Betty Waterton's "Quincy Rumpel," Sue Ann Alderson's "The Not Impossible Summer," and Jean Little's "Mama's Going to Buy You a Mockingbird." (EL)

Annotates one nature book, two novels, and one biography written for adults but of interest to young adult readers. (FL)

Intended to serve an instrumental purpose for middle-grade teachers, this paper presents brief annotations of eight novels of interest to middle grade students and more elaborate comments and teaching activities for two well-known novels. The eight novels are "How to Eat Fried Worms" (Thomas Rockwell); "Number the Stars" (Lois Lowry); "Cousins"…

A study examined the extent to which adults engage in reading tasks to meet a variety of personal purposes and needs, asking when engaged reading is most likely to occur for types of text sources, reading purposes, reading settings, educational attainment groups, and occupational groups. Subjects included 159 adults who represented a wide range of…

Discusses why magazines will continue to exist and serve specific publics in spite of spiraling costs and changing readership. (TO)

Today's literary trends reveal a paradox: harsh realism in children's books, fantasy and escapism in adult books. Now, who buys what for whom? (Editor)