During the last few years, novels, textbooks, basal readers, and the types of questions texts and teachers ask of students have come under attack by individuals and groups espousing several different points of view. Consequently, the International Reading Association (IRA) has passed a resolution recognizing the right and responsibility of parents…

Intended for use by librarians, teachers, parents, and community workers as a guide to good children's literature, this annotated bibliography contains more than 1,000 entries. Each entry provides author and title, publisher, date of publication, price, and International Standard Book Number (ISBN). Age level is also indicated. The entries are…

The items selected for this bibliography are designed to help teachers discover and evaluate the well-written children's books that are available. The listing includes general guides to the field of children's literature, the basic tools for finding available trade books, journals where books are reviewed, annual lists of recommended books,…

In response to the problem facing college faculties of choosing textbooks that are both "readable" by students and adequate in content coverage, a text selection process has been developed that can be used with or without the aid of a reading specialist. The first step in the process, a preliminary check, examines each proposed text's publication…

The teacher of literature can help children become aware of and sensitive to the world around them--its beauty, good, and evil. In teaching poetry, the teacher must choose poems he likes, read them aloud to the students, lead class discussions about student reactions to poems, and allow students to write and to memorize poetry for enjoyment. The…

Reading in English as a second language for Filipino students presents the Philippine schools with special problems. The sounds, rhythm, and intonation of English differ from the native Filipino language and so deeply ingrained language habits interfere with learning. The teacher is usually a second language speaker of English. And, there exists…

The effectiveness of teaching specific, related reading skills within a content subject was tested in seventh-grade science classes. Comparisons were made among seventh graders who were taught no reading skills in conjunction with a content subject, seventh graders who received instruction in reading skills within the social studies content, and…

Teacher confusion about what reading skills to teach and how to teach them can be decreased by the use of a problem solving, questioning model for instructional decision making. The following 12 qeustions can be used as a procedure for structuring teacher observation of student performance on a daily basis. Is the skill essential to the student's…

Designed for use primarily by students, teachers, and media specialists, this book discusses the relationship between developmental stages of children's growth and the literature that young people find relevant at various stages of their growth. Part 1 "Young People and Their Books," discusses literature and the nature of the child, the nature of…

The 21 Title II reading projects described in this report range from a team-teaching approach in intensive reading for first-grade pupils to a free-wheeling project in a high school where classes stop daily for a 30-minute "Read In." Many of the projects offer suggestions that may be helpful in the selection and evaluation of books and…

A number of ways that a reading consultant can assist teachers and students are enumerated in order to define the role of the reading consultant at the University of Chicago Laboratory High School. Here the reading consultant prepares score cards and charts for teacher and librarian reference in checking individual or group abilities, works with…

A means of adding another dimension to the learning experience, reading for enjoyment, is presented. The author, a reading teacher, found that the most successful approach for her in reaching reluctant readers was to expose students to selected short stories while simultaneously teaching reading skills and writing methods. The reasons for using…

Textual Analysis of Language Samples (TEXAN) is a computer program which can count a number of variables needed for use in readability formulas. Three studies which utilize TEXAN are reported in this paper: (1) In 1972, Norman and Helen Felsenthal randomly selected 20 books from the 1306 in Eakin's "Good Books for Children" and calculated their…

This monograph discusses the use of paperbacks in reading instruction. The contents include: "Introduction" by Jerry Weiss; "Censorship--The Right to Read What" by Richard Kemper; "Growing Up: Differences? Fiction?" by Warren Heiss; "The Black Experience in Paperback" by Dorothy Strickland; "Contemporary U. S. A. in Paperbacks" by Robert Boord;…

This annotated bibliography is intended to serve as a resource and guide for persons concerned with the selection of picture books that are of interest to children of all ages and backgrounds. All the entries are hardbound (although many are also available in paperback) and were in print at the time the guide was completed. Each title was…