This illustrated collection of poetic excerpts from the plays and sonnets of William Shakespeare is designed to be read and appreciated by young people. The 39 excerpts in the collection follow the "7 ages of man" pattern from childhood to old age. The collection's introduction by the famous Shakespearean scholar, A.L. Rowse, recounts…

Including books that might not be discovered or fully appreciated by children without introduction by a knowledgeable adult, this guide presents annotations of more than 80 trade books appropriate for children and adolescents, complete with teachers' suggestions for curriculum use. Entries in the guide are grouped into primary (K-2), intermediate…

Readability formulas estimate how difficult text is to read. The resulting "readability level" helps teachers and school librarians match students to appropriate books. Guiding students to appropriate-level books is now easier and more accurate with the ATOS (Advantage-TASA Open Standard) Readability Formula for Books, the new…

Most educators recognize the importance of home-school connections, especially for the development of engaged and enthusiastic readers. This collection of 33 articles published in "The Reading Teacher" from 1993 to 1999 presents the "best of the best" classroom-tested ideas and approaches for increasing student motivation for…

This paper examines the Kalamazoo Ladies' Library Association during the 25-year period in the last half of the 19th century when the association formed a Reading Circle, held Social Meetings, and finally established a Ladies' Library Club. The Reading Circle met weekly and bi-weekly between 1861-1868; the Social Meetings took place once a month…

Since her involvement (as a 16-year-old) helping women get to their English-as-a-Second-Language classes, a graduate student and writing consultant has puzzled over the question of how to facilitate literacy. People need literacy for economic betterment. Literacy becomes a way out of psychological distress and a way of making sense of the world.…

Reading at Risk presents the results from the literature segment of a large-scale survey, the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, conducted by the Census Bureau in 2002 at the request of the National Endowment for the Arts. This survey investigated the percentage and number of adults, age 18 and over, who attended artistic performances,…

New children's books in all fields are listed under age groups and briefly reviewed. This section also includes a list of books for young adults and an author/title index to The Book Review.'' (200 references) (DH)

In order to serve students it is helpful for the library to know the characteristics and reading habits of students. (4 references) (Author/DH)

Selections from articles appearing in other publications; of interest to secondary English teachers. (SP)

"Education for the wise use of leisure time calls for a new look at use of school facilities. It calls for some new definitions of the role and function of the teacher. And it summons boards of education and parents to stop viewing extracurricular activities as fringe pastimes... Condensed from "The PTA Magazine, LXIV (October 1969) p.12-14.…

Recommends that librarians consider emotional and other use-oriented classification and guides to supplement existing fact oriented classification schemes. Lack of imaginative acccess systems thwarts the exercise of user imagination in the pursuit of personal goals. (RAA)

A study was conducted to investigate the reading habits and self-perceptions of teachers in various stages of their careers. Results indicated that preservice teachers read three times as many books as practicing classroom teachers and almost twice as many as graduate students in reading. (MKM)

Discusses market research indicating that eight children's and nine teen's magazines are in the top 100 magazines sold on the newsstand and by subscription. Estimates that a minimum of from 9 to 12 million magazines go into the hands of juveniles every month. (MKM)