Contends that school librarians, children's librarians in the public library, and the classroom teacher must cooperate if all children are to receive the best education that is possible and suggests ways of achieving this cooperation. (TO)

THE INITIATION OF A GRADUATE PROGRAM IN LINGUISTICS AT OHIO UNIVERSITY (ATHENS, OHIO), WHERE NO UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM EXISTED, NECESSITATED THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF A VALID RECOMMENDED READING LIST OF STANDARD WORKS FOR STUDENTS IN THE NEW PROGRAM. COMBINED TO PRODUCE A COMPOSITE GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR LINGUISTICS WERE THE ITEMS THAT APPEARED ON…

THE CHILD'S ABILITY TO PERCEIVE THE DIFFICULTY OF READING MATERIALS WAS ASSESSED. A STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLE OF 60 FIFTH GRADERS IN MASSACHUSETTS WITH A MEAN IQ OF 115 SERVED AS SUBJECTS. MATERIALS WERE 32 SHORT, GRADED READING SELECTIONS IN 8 INTEREST CATEGORIES AND A COMPREHENSION TEST. SELECTIONS WERE AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF READABILITY.…

This memorandum is a complete list of reading materials adopted for use in California schools during the fall of 1969. The materials are divided by grade level and listed in the following five categories: fast, average, slow, culturally disadvantaged, and English as a second language; each category is subdivided into basic and supplementary…

Because young children disregard writing on the spine of a book, researchers chose to run a test on color preferences in books. In a library situation young children see most books from a spine-out angle; thus when allowed to select a book by themselves, the first characteristics noticed are size and color. This study is based on the hypothesis…

Discusses biography for children as a literary form concerned with the task of personality integration and sets forth criteria for the selection of biography for children. (GT)

Advocates using the cloze procedure and varying the criteria of success, according to the group, in order to determine the readability of instructional materials. (MKM)

Examines the dynamics, values, and limitations of bibliotherapy and discusses the use of bibliotherapy in the classroom. (GW)

Six criteria are presented for judging the appropriateness of materials chosen for any reading instruction program. (MJB)

The content of recent children's literature--especially works dealing with death, sex, old age, and homosexuality--is not an end in itself; the handling of that content and its ultimate meaning are crucial in selecting books for children. (DD)

Discusses several questions which should be considered before purchasing new materials for the reading program. (JM)