High/low handbook
Subtitle: books, materials and services for the teenage problem reader
By: [edited by] Ellen V. LiBretto.
Contributors: LiBretto, Ellen V.
Series: Serving special populations series
Publisher: Bowker; Brand: Bowker
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
Subjects: High interest-low vocabulary books -- Bibliography.; Libraries -- Special collections -- High interest-low vocabulary books.; Reading -- Remedial teaching -- Aids and devices.; Learning disabled youth -- Books and reading.; Young adults' libraries -- Administration.; Slow learning children -- Books and reading.; Youth with disabilities -- Books and reading.; Libraries and people with disabilities.; Teenagers -- Books and reading.; Reading disability.
Notes: Includes indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The development of the high/low genre / Lydia LaFleur; title: pt. 1. Identifying and serving the high/low reader: Identifying the high/low reader / Bonnie J. Sterling. The public library and the high/low reader / Patricia J. Manning. High interest? Whose interest? A view from "Lockup" / Susan B. Madden. The disabled adolescent reader / Jean F. Rossman. Tutoring the disabled or reluctant reader / Jane C. Bilello; title: pt. 2. Selecting and evaluating high/low materials: Evaluating high/low books, a reviewer's perspective / Judith Goldberger. The high/low report, a review medium ... / Thetis Powers Reeves. Readability and reading formulas / Patsy Perritt. Nonprint media for the disabled reader / Emma Cohn. Staff training for high/low collection development / Ellen V. LiBretto; title: pt. 3. The core collection: High/low books and periodicals for the disabled reader ... / Ellen V. LiBretto. Appendix I. Books for the reluctant reader ... / Ellen V. LiBretto. Appendix II. Bibliographies and sources of current reviews / Patsy Perritt.