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Baumann, Nancy L. – Reading Teacher, 1995
Describes the successful implementation in a Georgia elementary school of the Reading Millionaires Project, a reading incentive program to promote recreational reading and to create student interest in reading. (SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Independent Reading, Program Descriptions, Reading Attitudes

Parrish, Berta – Journal of Reading, 1983
Discusses the genre of romantic fiction written for teens, proposes research questions, and provides publisher information for teachers who wish to stimulate teenage pleasure reading. (AEA)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Motivation Techniques, Program Content, Program Descriptions
Blaisdell, Pat; De Young, Jennifer; Hutchinson, Sandy; Pedersen, Susan – 1999
This report describes a program encouraging students to choose reading as a recreational activity. The targeted population consisted of first, second, third, and fourth grade students in a growing middle class community, near a large Midwestern city. The problem of students choosing recreational activities other than reading was documented through…
Descriptors: Action Research, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Parent Participation