A free reading program in which learning disabled adolescents select from a variety of high interest-low vocabulary materials can help motivate students to read. Students follow up the reading period by writing in a journal which the teacher reads and responds to. (CL)

It is recommended that school and classroom libraries be fulled with lots of paperback high interest low vocabulary books to stimulate reading. Economic practicalities of paperbacks are pointed out. (KW)

A pilot program to use comic books which supply occupational information to youths at the state employment agencies. (BC)

On the assumption that story thema exphasizing achievement motivation might have potential for influencing readers' values over time, stories randomly selected from 11 high interest low vocabulary series for low achieving junior high students were examined for n-achievement thema. (Author/SJL)

Listed are the 12 criteria for a good high interest, low vocabulary book, which is a stepping stone between the picture book and the juvenile novel. The author believes there will continue to be dramatic improvements in good literature for problem readers. (KC)

This article describes several high interest, easy reading book series, provides contact information for 12 publishers of easy reading material, and discusses factors that influence reading difficulty and how the various series approach them. (Contains 8 references.) (Author/DB)

This report presents information gained through an international survey of organizations that produce and distribute easy-to-read materials designed for persons with low-level literacy skills. Questionnaires were sent to approximately 500 publishers, printers, and organizers of literacy programs throughout the world; of these, 95 questionnaires,…

The Fry Graph is used to get the right book to the right person. (20 references) (SJ)

This document is a bibliography of easy reading materials appropriate for adults who are beginning to read in English. It is divided into seven sections: (I) Leisure Reading; (II) Consumer Information; (III) Current Events, Politics in the U. S.; (IV) Health, Nutrition, and Family; (V) History and Biography; (Va) Contemporary Biographies; and (VI)…

Argues that the nature and the readability of instructional materials may be an unsuspected barrier to progress for adult illiterates who receive instruction from volunteer literacy organizations. Considers the reading series of several national organizations. (CH)

An author of books for reluctant adolescent readers discusses his style of writing and explores some of the issues--personal, sociological, and political--raised by the aspirations of teachers for more and better reading. (HOD)

One of a series on library service to disadvantaged adults, this guide describes the selection of special materials. Factors to consider in identifying the clients and their needs are outlined. Bibliographies useful in selecting special materials for disadvantaged adults, some 140 books popular with adult new readers, and 23 publishers of such…

This bibliography of more than 1,000 titles for retarded and reluctant adolescent readers notes the grade level of difficulty of each book (the majority are of fifth-grade and sixth-grade level of difficulty) and includes annotations to indicate the nature of the books and to arouse interest in them. The categories under which the books are listed…

An annotated bibliography of 150 short, light, humorous reading materials suitable for reluctant readers at three levels of elementary school. (DD)