Choosing to read
Subtitle: connecting middle schoolers to books
By: Joan S. Kindig ; foreword by Laura Robb
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Portsmouth, NH
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780325031446
Subjects: Middle school students; Bibliography; Remedial teaching; Reading promotion; Books and reading; High interest-low vocabulary books; Young adult literature; Reading; Reading (Middle school)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Turning turned-off readers on to choice; title: YA author piece / Michael Buckley; title: YA author piece / Jacqueline Woodson; title: Valuing what kids value : making reading social and meaningful; title: YA author piece / Jack Gantos; title: Finding the right book for the right reader: it's easier than you think!; title: YA author piece / Jon Scieszka; title: YA author piece / Gordon Korman; title: YA author piece / Susan Campbell Bartoletti; title: Why on earth did I ask that? : prompting productive discussions; title: YA author piece / Paul Volponi; title: Helping developing readers move forward; title: YA author piece / Jeff Kinney; title: Enthusiastic middle school readers are not mythical creatures!; title: Appendix A. Initial Warren County Middle School survey; title: Appendix B. 100 picture books for older readers; title: Appendix C. Tally sheet for word recognition in context; title: Appendix D. How to become a children's literature expert in 15 easy steps; title: Appendix E. Bibliographies of works by contributing authors.