Examines the traditional criteria for evaluating first and second language reading texts. Proposes that, if reading is interaction between a text and a reader, variables related to the reader's side of the process, global textual properties, content characteristics, and rhetorical and discourse features should be considered before linguistic…

Examines how newspaper readers differ in their likely adoption of videotex. Suggests that complementary use of the two media will be more likely than use of only newspapers or videotex. (PD)

Discusses the issue, raised by Solzhenitsyn's work and the film "Scum," of the relation of literature to the world it purports to depict. (CRH)

Offers five personal views of censorship that were developed as a result of teaching English and fighting censorship. (HOD)

Discusses aversions toward the disabled that still prevail and reasons why they exist, surveys literature showing negative stereotypes of the disabled, and literature in which such characters are realistically portrayed, and presents criteria for selecting reading materials in which nonstereotyped characters are depicted. (FL)

Describes how the school intercom system was used to announce a new book of the day in persuasive terms during December, Reading Month, in Virginia. Includes sample booktalks. (CRH)

Survey of criteria and procedures used by children's book publishers in selecting beginning reading books. Discusses relationship of these practices to the role of the media specialist in the teaching of reading. (KP)

Describes a grand jury investigation into a school's purchase of allegedly objectionable and obscene materials and the inservice course on "Writing Rationales for Teaching Potentially Controversial Literature" resulting from the investigation. (DD)

In this 13th edition of "Adventuring with Books," teachers and librarians will find descriptions of more than 850 texts (published between 1999 and 2001) suitable for student use in background research, unit study, or pleasure reading, and children will find books that delight, amuse, and entertain. The texts described in the book are…

This guide is designed to help librarians, teachers, parents, and students learn and teach about Latinos and find appropriate reading materials by Latinos. The titles in the guide are in print and available for purchase as of the printing of this book. Most books in the guide were written for children or young adults--interest-level designations…

An instructor of an adolescent literature course wanted to give the students an opportunity to study some novels not specifically written for an adolescent audience. Examples of such novels were: Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye," and Jamaica Kincaid's "Annie John." Including…

Two common tendencies that lead many mainstream students to misinterpret other cultures are the combative response and the exoticizing response. These misinterpretations, however, can be excellent learning moments for helping students understand the constructed nature of culture and the contextual nature of learning. Transformational multicultural…

The feeling dimension of students cannot be ignored in teaching and learning situations. Feelings are there and must not be ignored. Reading stresses word recognition, comprehension of subject matter at diverse levels of complexity, and application of what has been learned. A major ingredient so frequently left out is student appreciation of the…

This guidebook builds on a previous work, extending leveled books up through the elementary grades and covering all the different genres that are important to students. More than 6000 leveled titles for Grades 2-6 are featured in this guide, including both fiction and nonfiction--as well as popular series books and short story collections--and…

Literature circles generally involve four or five students who are actively engaged in cooperative learning. Learners choose a library book to read based on interest. The same titled paperback might be discussed by participants in the literature circle. Alternative suggestions for literature circles include choosing a library book on a similar…