Discusses the aims, history, data collection design, and winners of the West Australian Young Readers' Book Award. (HTH)

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

Children should have the opportunity to read a wide range of literature, and the fact that there is a wide range of reading programs being published makes this easy to accomplish. (DF)

Discusses how romantic novels can be used to generate interest in the secondary school classroom. (DF)

Outlines some procedures for dealing with complaints and criticism over textbook selection practices. (HOD)

Describes the development of a school-based reading policy in an elementary school, including staff development, development of policy, general aims, and selection of reading materials. (FL)

Classroom teachers will find it easier to use a literature based approach to the teaching of reading if they work with a teacher or librarian who is knowledgeable in the areas of children's books, the children, and the process of reading. (DF)

Evaluates five basal reading series used in Australia according to the criteria set forth by R. Brimble in the preceding article. (HTH)

States that teachers need to understand the appeal of novels that teenagers prefer to read and analyzes a popular romantic novel, "Flowers in the Attic." (DF)

Discusses adult selection of books for children, including reevaluating old favorites and keeping in touch with current children's literature. Includes an annotated list of books of current interest to children and adolescents. (HTH)

Describes the development and content of a program for parents designed to present the need for parent-child book sharing and to familiarize parents with outstanding book titles, sources, and criteria for book selection. (HTH)

Answers questions most frequently asked about the cloze procedure; suggests using cloze exercises to gauge the suitability of reading materials, showing how the technique taps meaning derived from text and indexes both textual reading difficulty and students' comprehension ability. (AEA)

Discusses the problem of the nonreading student, presents a list of 20 books (two at each level for grades 3 through 12) for use by teachers in encouraging such students to read, and justifies each selection on the list. (FL)

Explores some of the issues raised when teachers are committed to giving students choice over the literature they encounter and over the ways they respond to it. (HOD)

Describes a survey of elementary school teachers in which the respondents rated the importance of the involvement of various groups in the selection of reading materials and a number of criteria for material selection. (HTH)