Description
Book SynopsisA complete handbook for librarians and teachers to confront and overcome aliteracy in young adults.
Trade ReviewLibrarians 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 *
Table of ContentsChapter 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