Reviews recent adult books of interest to high school readers. (AEA)

Presents results of survey conducted to discover the reading habits and preferences of secondary school students in Greece. Results show a high percentage read a newspaper often and the number of books read per month is high. (BK)

Fifty picture storybooks appearing on the "Children's Choices for 1979" list were analyzed to discover what story structures children preferred. Concludes that children prefer storybooks with episodic plots involving confrontation with a problem, and characters who have opposing points of view or who experience the same thing in contrasting ways.…

Reviews recent adult books of interest to high school readers. (MKM)

Reviews seven recent adult books of interest to high school readers. (MKM)

Argues that a literate environment can be fostered by teachers requesting children to read the daily newspaper and encouraging them to badger their parents for subscriptions. (FL)

Discusses assumptions about students' attitudes toward reading, the nature of those attitudes, and techniques for measuring them. (FL)

Discusses how students benefit from a book fair. (DD)

Describes a follow-up study which showed that boys' reading interests have not changed much in ten years. Includes a list of books which junior high school boys find interesting. (MKM)

Suggests that, in the rush to make programs literature-based and to privilege the child's book choices, reading teachers have undervalued both the contribution of easy-to-read books and the expertise of teachers who would judiciously suggest books for children to help move their literacy development along. (RS)

Twelve books are recommended for use with gifted children to attract their love for learning, adventure, and fantasy. Brief reviews and illustrations describe recent books in such subjects as architecture, authorship, creative writing, language, art, and parody. (DB)

The ways in which Teri Lesesne, an author, selects the best book from the hundreds of books published each year are discussed. The importance of understanding the needs of the readers and the curriculum is explained.

"May I go to the bathroom?" While this hardly an unusual question from any middle-level student, the number of students who suddenly need to leave the room increases when a teacher assigns a textbook passage to read. Whether it is to use the restroom, visit their locker, or see the school nurse, these students will do just about anything to keep…

Describes a feedback questionnaire used at Indiana State University and includes a sample copy of the questionnaire which the newspaper staff uses to determine reader reaction. (RB)

Gives ideas for expanding eighth graders' interest in the newspaper beyond the comics and the sports and theater sections. (RB)