Reviving reading : school library programming, author visits, and books that rock! /

Follos, Alison M. G., author

Reviving reading : school library programming, author visits, and books that rock! / Alison M.G. Follos ; foreword by Jack Gantos - Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2006. - xx, 143 pages ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-139) and index

Why literature is important now -- Mass communication pile-up -- The importance of literature in the school library -- Cooperative planning -- Integrating literature into the curriculum -- Collection and adolescent development : what is "appropriate?" -- Title trekking : a reading incentive program -- Reader's workshop--story time enhancement for young adults -- Reader's workshop and journaling -- Visiting author program -- Raising cash (AKA budgets R bogus) -- Young adult literature to grab adults

Drawing on her long experience as a school librarian, the author uses this middle school library programming book to help you promote free voluntary reading through innovative workshops, staff training, collection development, and collaborative curricular planning.


In English text.

159158356X (pbk : alk. paper)


Middle school libraries --Activity programs --United States.
Reading promotion --United States
Teenagers -- Books and reading --United States
Preteens --Books and reading --United States
School librarian participation in curriculum planning --United States
Young adult literature --Study and teaching (Middle school)
Young adult literature--Bibliography

CIR Z 675.S3 / F65 2006

CIR 028.5'5 / F728r 2006