Background: In South Africa, and in many other African countries, official language-in-education policy supports the use of learners' primary language(s) in early schooling. In reality, texts in the language(s) of the former colonial power are dominant, with high-interest texts in languages familiar to young learners in short supply or…

In 1998, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center launched OurStory: History through Children's Literature, a history and literacy program series for family visitors to the Museum that was designed to help children and adults enjoy exploring history together. Ten years later, to reach a broader, national…

Describes a program in which groups of middle school and junior high teachers read and discuss popular, best-selling literature, for the purposes of promoting their personal reading and enhancing school faculty camaraderie. (PRA)

Describes a literacy program in Africa that trains new writers to produce a written literature for their new readers. (AEA)

This book reports on an experiment in literacy which was carried out at the federal correctional institution in Milan, Michigan. Contents include: an introduction by Daniel N. Fader, "Walden's Bookshop," a discussion of a prison library; "The Milan Library: A History of Inmate Involvement"; "Literature and the…

Giving a child the chance to select and keep a book for her or his very own is the Federal Inexpensive Book Distributions Program's strategy for stimulating an interest in reading. (Editor)

A course at Hampshire College that examines the character and history of literary natural history and surveys many of its significant American authors and works is described. Issues of the relationship between people and nature are raised and discussed in terms of current environmental debates. (MLW)

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)

Describes a read-aloud program, "Language to Literacy," now used in several Texas school districts. Describes how language charts are used to record ideas from stories, help recall other stories, and notice similarities and differences among stories. (MG)

In 1996, the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College participated in the American Association of Community Colleges' Exploring America's Communities project, which worked to strengthen the instruction of American history, literature, and culture at U.S. community colleges. The primary objective of the college's action plan was to establish a…

An examination of the Russian reading program, this report first describes the nature of American interest in Soviet education. Sections 3, 4, and 5 then present overviews of the Soviet cultural context, the structure of the Russian language, and the organization of the Soviet school system. Section 6 discusses the course of language study from…

This manual is designed to support Iowa's library-based summer reading programs for children of all ages, though its primary focus is on elementary age children. Following a general information section, the manual is divided into eight parts, dealing respectively with: (1) publicity and programming, including sample print and radio announcements…

This manual presents information about Iowa's 1991 summer reading program, whose theme, "Super Summer Reader," celebrates both children and reading, as well as the "super people" found throughout history, in local communities, and in families. The manual contains a planning guide that is arranged by the following topics:…

This manual presents materials which were designed for use by librarians in planning for and implementing the 1990 Iowa summer library program, "Silly Dilly Summer." The manual includes the program's planning materials (e.g., the resource list and a planning checklist) and publicity materials for promoting the program. The other sections…