Offers over fifty ideas to promote young adult reading, including such theme programs as crime scene investigation, poetry workshops, readings combined with fie

Summer reading loss accounts for roughly 80 percent of the rich/poor reading achievement gap. Yet far too little attention is given to this pressing problem. Th

he summer reading program is the focal point of a children’s librarian’s year, requiring countless hours of preparation and nearly year-round promotion. Sum

This book presents a curricular framework for students grades 6–12 that school librarians and teachers can use collaboratively to enhance reading skill develo

With 40 classroom-tested strategies from award-winning teachers, this book offers guidance for teaching reading to elementary and secondary learners with divers