Beyond the bedtime story
Subtitle: promoting reading development during the middle school years
By: Nicholas D. Young and Christine N. Michael
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Lanham, Maryland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 114
ISBN-13: 9781475811148
Subjects: Study and teaching (Middle school); Reading (Middle school); Developmental reading; Middle school students
Description: "Beyond the Bedtime Story: Understanding and Promoting Reading Development During the Middle School Years was written for educators, parents, and all who care about promoting the reading development of middle school students. The book fills a much-needed void in scholarly literature by considering the unique developmental nature of early adolescence. Although the authors highlight many of the challenges with promoting reading achievement during the middle school transition years, their hope is that this user-friendly book will suggest ways that reading can remain a critical part of middle school students' lives, both in and out of school, so that we can create a nation of life-long readers.This book also encourages practitioners and family members to accept the challenge of creatively engaging reluctant readers so that all middle school students will share in the literacy legacy begun in preschools and elementary schools and offers practical strategies to build this legacy."--