Reaching Reluctant Young Adult Readers: A Handbook for Librarians and Teachers / Edition 1

by Edward T. Sullivan

Overview

A complete handbook for librarians and teachers to confront and overcome aliteracy in young adults.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810843431
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	07/02/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.58(w) x 7.68(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Edward T. Sullivan is a Library Media Specialist as well as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Tennessee, teaching graduate level courses in public library youth services. An active member of the American Library Association, he serves on committees in the children's, young adult, and public library divisions. He is author of The Holocaust in Literature for Youth.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Aliteracy and the Reluctant Reader Chapter 2 Strategies for Reaching Reluctant Readers Chapter 3 Resources for Reluctant Readers: Fiction Chapter 4 Resources for Reluctant Readers: Comics and Graphic Novels Chapter 5 Resources for Reluctant Readers: Nonfiction Chapter 6 Resources for Reluctant Readers: Picture Books Chapter 7 Resources for Reluctant Readers: Magazines Chapter 8 Resources for Reluctant Readers: Audiobooks

Editorial Reviews

Bottom Line: Useful for TLs and anyone writing about aliteracy.

Teacher Librarian

The suggestions for purchases and tactics to reach the students seem sound and relatively easy to implement.

VOYA

Librarians and teachers will find this brief volume a valuable tool to combat the nonreader.

3/1/2003 Booklist

Librarians and teachers will find this brief volume a valuable tool to combat the nonreader.--Booklist, 3/1/2003

The suggestions for purchases and tactics to reach the students seem sound and relatively easy to implement.--VOYA

Bottom Line: Useful for TLs and anyone writing about aliteracy.--Teacher Librarian

From the Publisher

This resource focuses on teens who do not like to read as opposed to those who cannot read because of disabilities or mechanical difficulty. The book addresses how to best approach reluctant readers, and what tools might be good in luring them into literature. It talks about different genres, such as picture books, graphic novels, and audio books, and includes lists of specific titles. The idea that many students do not want to be referred to as "young adults" is also addressed. The fact that libraries are losing readership because they have not caught young patrons in time is addressed, as is how this problem might be solved. Real-life situations are discussed, along with some testimonials of high school students who actually do like reading, and how they were exposed at a young age to the joys of literature. The text is rather dry at times, but the author does give a sense of how important this subject is in the academic world and in libraries, and he offers some reasonable solutions to help turn those reading haters into lovers.-Nicole M. Marcuccilli, Glenview Public Library, IL Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information.

School Library Journal

This extremely brief guide presents educators and parents with strategies, tools, and resources to encourage a love of reading in capable but reluctant early adolescents. Sullivan (public library youth services, University of Tennessee) profiles books with characters and themes appropriate to this age group, and identifies books culturally relevant to Asian, Black, and Latino readers. Chapters focus on fiction, comic books, nonfiction, picture books, magazines, and audio books. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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