Surveys some recent fiction which reflects both the diverse interests and varying reading abilities of 11-18 year olds. Presents brief reviews of 26 novels touching on themes such as family, first love, social issues, adventure, fantasy, and thrillers. (RS)

Reviews studies dealing with dyslexia, reading development, and reading materials and interests. (DF)

Describes a reading scheme involving classroom use of books the children chose themselves. (HOD)

Explores teachers' enthusiasm for books to determine whether they have the kind of enthusiasm which would be a positive force in developing positive attitudes to reading. Stimulates teachers to consider their own reading and how it is reflected in the classroom. (MG)

Presents a short historical and sociological analysis of reading in the Soviet Union from the beginning of the twentieth century to perestroika. Discusses some sociocultural problems associated with reading, including the prevailing social, economic and political crises in all spheres of life, particularly the cultural. (RS)

Reports on an interdisciplinary unit of study for British second-year junior students dealing with trees. Claims the unit developed the appreciation and fascination that reading materials can offer and demonstrated the multifarious uses for which reading can be employed. (SKC)

Explains that if the ability to read in the fullest sense can be fostered from infancy in and out of school, children will grow to be the highly literate society of tomorrow. (DF)

Describes a remedial reading program using students' ability to speak in which a British group exchanged tape recordings and other information with an American class of comparable age. The program proved especially valuable in providing motivation for reluctant readers. (RW)

Studies the views of parents and teachers on how they might effectively support independent readers. Examines children's views on parental involvement. Finds that the survey heightened interest in reading and literature among children and their parents. (MG)

Suggests that some Australian schools in the 1980s took up too enthusiastically what may be called the Effortless Theory of Learning to Read. Describes how Paired Reading can work and what can go wrong with such instruction. (RS)

Uses a small-scale attitude survey to assess children's attitudes to the way reading is taught in England, and examines possible alternatives to existing practice. (RS)

Describes a three-day workshop in which teachers discussed what children are reading and what they like, evaluated books available to pupils, and designed and produced children's books. Also discusses the production of books by children. (GT)

Reviews research in the areas of reading standards and tests, reading development, dyslexia and specific reading retardation, and reading materials and interests. (FL)