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Nesi, Olga – School Library Journal, 2010
Readers' advisory with middle schoolers does not come easily. In an effort to expand students' reading horizons, the author describes how to teach students to speak intelligently and thoughtfully about their book preferences. She cites Joyce Saricks's "Readers' Advisory Service in the Public Library" (ALA, 2005), a book that gave her the clarity…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Reading Material Selection, Public Libraries, Librarians
Umerlik, Ann – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1992
Discusses the need for young adult literature about the disabled, selection criteria for these books, and methods of presenting them to adolescent students. A list of recommended books includes 20 fiction and 9 nonfiction titles. (MES)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Childhood Attitudes, Disabilities, Mainstreaming
Garner, Imogen, Comp.; And Others – 1986
Because the teacher librarian has an important educational role to play in assisting students to become independent learners by applying the inquiry process to library research, this booklet has been designed to assist teacher librarians in teaching students the information skills appropriate to stage three of the inquiry process, i.e., analyzing…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluative Thinking, Foreign Countries, Information Seeking