Teachers and parents who enjoy reading are the most potent force for developing reading enjoyment in children. Children should have easy access to attractive, well written books and be able to enjoy them without worrying about reading pace and comprehension questions. (JD)

Practical suggestions from teachers include activities for defining new English words, using free association and writing, stocking the sustained silent reading library, and using the compare/contrast strategy for word recognition. (MKM)

Results of a study conducted to determine at what level sixth-grade children selected trade books indicated that most children selected fiction and very few children selected books at frustration level. (MKM)

A junior high reading teacher explains how she got teachers and students involved in a daily school-wide reading period. (SJL)

Media and Methods Reviewers discuss recent paperback books in the following categories: books for young adults, media, culture and society, science fiction, and literature and language arts. (FL)

Discusses the reading habits of a writing teacher and her teacher education students--a few of whom confessed that they had never read an entire book all the way through. States that the educator's goal was to increase her students' reading of informational and pleasurable materials over the semester. (PA)

Investigates the reading genre preferences of 254 male and female high school students in Pennsylvania. Draws comparisons with similar research done 10 years earlier. Finds a substantial change in reading interests. Notes the top 10 areas of interest are adventure, horror, mysteries, humor, murder, love, fantasy, crime, sports, and movies. (RS)

Describes the weekly book talks scheduled in ninth-grade English classes, in which invited faculty and administrators share a favorite book, thus exposing students to enthusiasm for reading, shared interests and reading habits, and a wide array of reasons for reading. (SR)

Questions if various methods of Recreational Reading would affect the reading attitudes of students who are identified as learning disabled. Finds that the following methods were both motivating and enjoyable for the student: self-sustained silent reading, book talk by teacher, books on tape, partner read when students selected their own partner,…

Looks at the design, implementation, and integration of a task journal in an English-as-a-Foreign-Language class that is designed to do the following: 1) stimulate students' thinking about the text; 2) promote reflection on the reading process; 3) give students practice with a practical strategy for vocabulary building; and 4) serve as a basis for…

Describes a school-home partnership for encouraging parents to read along with their children to promote reading as a part of children's everyday habits. Finds that using parents to model this behavior enhanced students' attitude toward reading. (MG)

Describes a middle school reading program designed to motivate students to engage in recreational reading by forming teams, reading a selected group of books, and competing in a quiz game called "Story Bowl," which draws its questions from the books. Reports that children read more and discuss more. (RS)

Argues that one way to reduce academic stress on children is to assign leisure reading as homework. Describes teacher-parent and teacher-student procedures for oral reading at home, with confirmation by parents, and homework assignments which are cooperatively set by teachers and students. (RS)

Books identified as especially interesting and challenging for elementary-level gifted students are reviewed, within four categories: books that challenge language development, encourage creative and imaginative powers, provide non-stereotyped role models, and provide how-to skill training in a variety of interest areas. Each title has an…

Describes the collection development plan implemented by the Tulsa City-County Library system to support their perception of the role of the library as providing more than recreational reading. Topics discussed include raising staff consciousness, rejecting demand buying, evaluating the collection, streamlining acquisitions, and procedures for…