Annotates 112 books selected by children as the best of those published in l986. (FL)

Reports on a study that investigated the reading interests of low ability junior and senior high readers of both sexes. Results indicate that readers of both sexes share some reading interests--among them topics dealing with the unusual. (HOD)

The author of "Jacob Have I Loved" and "Come Sing, Jimmy Jo" describes the characters in books she has written who are like "Wednesday's children"--full of woe. Discusses dealing with tragedy in children's books. (EL)

Reading interviews with 20 hearing impaired inner-city students (8-14 years old) elicited student perceptions about the home environment in relation to reading, functions of reading, desirable reading strategies, classroom practices, and feelings about reading. (CL)

Suggests a variety of commercial and instructional television programs that can promote adolescents' interest in reading. (AEA)

Describes how prominent teachers and community members were invited to read and speak on books related to their subject of interest during school lunch breaks and records the success of the program. (CRH)

Contemporary music provides an exciting, inexpensive source of reading material for teaching basic reading skills. (JH)

Educators have focused their literacy education efforts on teaching children to code and decode words. In spite of all the efforts to teach literacy, the various report cards indicate that, perhaps, a new way of doing teaching literacy should be investigated. Today's media-centric youths could benefit from using mediated programs to help motivate…

Born of a high school English teacher's frustration with his students' attitudes about books, this book presents, verbatim, nearly 50 letters sent to the teacher in response to his letter to the editor of the "San Francisco Chronicle" asking readers to write about their experiences with books and the role that books and literature played in their…

Discusses several books listing and discussing children's books and selection practices. Most of the lists include annotations. (TO)

Briefly discusses four curriculum models developed in the 1960's and then lists and discusses the criteria for today's literature programs that will develop lifetime reading habits among students. A suggested reading list of literature to understand others is included. (TO)

Reviews research studies investigating the role of literature in elementary schools today. (MM)