Serving Teens through Readers' Advisory.

Serving Teens through Readers' Advisory.

Getting teens to read for fun is the ultimate challenge, yet research shows that it improves skills in grammar and spelling while expanding vocabularies. Readers' Advisors who serve teens (or want to) now have an ready-to-use resource from an expert in teen Readers' Advisory. Accessible an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Booth, Heather, 1978-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : ALA Editions, 2007.
Series:ALA readers' advisory series.
Subjects:
Libraries and teenagers > United States.
Readers' advisory services > United States.
Teenagers > Books and reading > United States.
Young adult literature > Bibliography.
Libraries and teenagers
Readers' advisory services
Teenagers > Books and reading
Young adult literature
United States
Bibliographies
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part 1: What Do We Do and Why Do We Do It?; Chapter 1:A Brief History of Teens and Reading in Libraries; Chapter 2: Why Teens Need to Read, Why They Want to Read; Part 2: Foundations; Chapter 3: What Is Readers' Advisory, and Why Is Readers' Advisory for Teens Different?; Chapter 4: Tips for the Generalist: What to Do If You Have Not Read Teen Fiction Since You Were a Teen; Part 3: Taking Action; Chapter 5: Opening the Readers' Advisory Interview; Chapter 6: Detecting Interest; Chapter 7: Articulating Appeal; Part 4: Special Circumstances.
  • Chapter 8: Readers' Advisory for Homework AssignmentsChatper 9: Readers' Advisory by Proxy; Part 5: Resources; Chapter 10: Beyond Lists: Using Resources to Move Past Award Winners; Chapter 11: Creating Resource Lists for Staff; Chapter 12: Indirect Readers' Advisory and Marketing; Appendixes; A: Popular Author Lists; B: Sure Bets; C: Teen-Selected Book Awards; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

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