Access to books is key to learning to read and sustaining a love of reading. Yet many low- and middle-income countries struggle to provide their students with reading materials of sufficient quality and quantity. Since 2008, RTI International has provided technical assistance in early reading assessment and instruction to ministries of education…

Suggests 10 questions teachers should ask themselves before buying materials to teach reading skills. (FL)

Examines criteria for selecting reading materials in the schools, including a comprehensive list of questions to be considered in evaluating reading materials. (HTH)

Suggests ways reading teachers can keep up with new children's books, obtain books, and motivate students to read. (DD)

Examines the need for the evaluation of syntactic complexity of instructional materials in order to match them to students' needs, discusses the shortcomings of traditional analysis, and provides activities that can be used to introduce syntactic structures to students. (HTH)

Suggests ways that teachers can use the limited Asian American children's literature to introduce their classes to students who are of Asian heritage or who are Asian immigrants. Lists 10 good Asian American children's books. (FL)

Describes how series books such as "Nancy Drew,""The Hardy Boys," and Horatio Alger stories can be the basis for lessons on critical reading. (MKM)

A reading teacher discusses ways to make the reading lab an enjoyable place to be. She suggests the use of nontraditional reading materials, such as TV guides, newspapers, and excerpts of old basal readers recovered to make thin books. Parent participation is stressed. (CL)

In this 3-tape series and viewing guide, first-grade teacher Debbie Miller takes viewers beyond comprehension instruction, and shows how she sustains a primary reading program that challenges and supports readers of all abilities and needs. The viewing guide is designed to help facilitators use "Happy Reading" on workshop settings. The…

Discusses techniques for helping second language students develop strategies for dealing with unfamilar words and long sentences in second language texts. (EKN)

Outlines the characteristics of a good mystery and then suggests titles that would be of interest to young readers. (FL)

Suggests several ways to motivate adolescents in selecting books for individual reading in the English classroom; stresses the importance of positive attitudes toward reading. (MAI)

Provides guidelines for selecting appropriate books for use in schools which mainstream handicapped children and includes an annotated list of books about handicapped children. (DD)

Discusses the ways in which poetry can be used to highlight literary aspects of children's books, such as characterization, locale, mood and archetypes. Suggestions are offered for the selection and use of poetry by teachers and librarians. (23 references) (CLB)

Supplementing Children's Choices--a list of children's literature that children grades K-8 found most enjoyable, published annually in "The Reading Teacher" journal--this collection of articles provides suggestions for effective use of children's favorite books in the classroom. In addition to providing an extensive bibliography of…