This 68-item annotated bibliography is a selective one, with emphasis upon lists compiled within the period 1960-1969 and with no inclusion of lists published before 1950. Specific lists named include only those published separately as individual books or pamphlets. Magazine titles are cited as sources for current materials but, due to their…

This volume is intended to help teachers recognize the criteria for evaluating books and to assist the learners in their classrooms in developing skills. The book is divided into three sections. The first presents an overview of literary criticism with chapters entitled "Critic, Fact, Fiction" and "The Writer and His Craft." The second section…

This issue of the Arizona English Bulletin contains articles discussing literature that adolescents read and literature that they might be encouraged to read. Thus there are discussions both of literature specifically written for adolescents and the literature adolescents choose to read. The term adolescent is understood to include young people in…

This volume, the third in the International Reading Association's Perspectives Series on literature for school age children, concerns the role of folklore and the types of folktales in several areas of the world. These papers were originally presented at IRA's Fifteenth Annual Convention held in Anaheim, California, in 1970. Several articles are…

A compilation of children's books recommended for purchase is presented. The compilation is intended primarily for librarians and teachers as a book selection aid to be used in identifying recommended titles published recently. A total of 3,068 titles are mentioned and each entry is annotated. The annotation describes the contents of the book;…

A simple, new method for determing the readability level of prose passages in reading material for children is described and discussed. The method, which assigns a value to each noun in selected passages on the basis of its frequency level on standard word-frequency charts, correlated highly in a number of studies with independent estimates of the…

Teachers of language arts charged with selecting books for class instruction should consider their responsibility to students, the educational program, and the greater community.

Suggests that books be evaluated by a cliche count which might show what is actually on the page, explain at least some of the riddles of the child and the book, and clear away some of the partisan fog from book selection. (HOD)

Trade books offer many possibilities for teaching reading and writing skills. (MKM)

Discussed is the Connectionist-Cue Concept (3 Cs Method), an approach to helping young reading disabled children see the relationship between visual symbols and speech sounds. (CL)

The reading process includes the ability to choose from a range of purposes, types of materials, and circumstances under which to read. (DD)

The author suggests that librarians should start applying discriminating judgement and sensitivity in choosing books for young adults. Reading material should be selected that is both popular in theme and acceptable in style and presentation. (JPF)

Discusses some of the best current books dealing with handicapped children. (DD)

An annotated list of 33 books chosen by sixteen- to nineteen-year-olds from a list of 300 newly published books. (DD)

Presents classroom teachers' recommendations for a variety of dictionaries that may heighten students' interest in language: a reverse dictionary, a visual dictionary, WEIGHTY WORD BOOK, a collegiate desk dictionary, OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY, DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN REGIONAL ENGLISH, and a dictionary of idioms. (ARH)