Reaching Reluctant Young Adult Readers: A Handbook for Librarians and Teachers
Author:   Edward T. Sullivan
Publisher:   Scarecrow Press
ISBN:  

9780810843431


Pages:   128
Publication Date:   02 July 2002
Format:   Hardback
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Reaching Reluctant Young Adult Readers: A Handbook for Librarians and Teachers


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

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Author:   Edward T. Sullivan
Publisher:   Scarecrow Press
Imprint:   Scarecrow Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 19.50cm
Weight:   0.295kg
ISBN:  

9780810843431


ISBN 10:   0810843439
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   02 July 2002
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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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

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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 ...[the author] gives 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. School Library Journal


Author Information

Edward T. Sullivan is a Senior Project Librarian for an outreach program of the New York Public Library. 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.

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