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Explores the facts and research on the topic of boys and literacy, and furnishes annotations of current, relevant journal and magazine articles. It gives strategies for making changes in the classroom and at home, and has chapters focusing on specific genres of particular interest to boys.

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This book by well-known authors Liz Knowles and Martha Smith (Boys and Literacy, Reading Rules!, etc.) fills the need for a K-12 resource for teachers and librarians searching for materials and activity ideas for character education at all grade levels.

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A bestselling author delivers the "big picture" on reading instruction today.

The author of the bestselling Boys and Literacy offers an overview of current thought on the teaching of reading.

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Here are more great topics and sample book club sessions to help you start a book club and keep it going! Chapters in this volume cover humor, families, social issues, folklore and mythology, sports, magazines, picture books as art, censorship, the Internet, middle school readers, gender bias, booktalks, and the arts.

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Filled with ideas, practical tips, useful statistics and other helpful data on teen reading, this book details numerous methods for getting teens to read, such as reading workshops, literature circles, book clubs, and booktalks.

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Book clubs, literature circles, and reading groups are great ways to promote literacy and books to young readers. Motivating Teens to Read, this guide is an outstanding resource for starting and running a stellar literary discussion groupwhether it's in a school, public library, or community center.

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Written with a focus on the English Language Arts Common Core Standards, this book provides a complete plan for developing a literacy program that focuses on boys pre-K through grade 12.

Despite the fact that reading and literacy among boys has been an area of concern for years, this issue remains unresolved today.

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Establishing a book club is a great way to involve parents in promoting literacy to young readers. Chapters cover read-alouds, picture books, horror stories, multicultural literature, poetry, science fiction, nonfiction and reference, bibliotherapy and problem novels, award-winning books, biographies, and books in a series.

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Understanding Diversity Through Novels and Picture Books goes beyond the usual multicultural lists and looks at the wide expanse of the diversity of cultures and lifestyles impacting children's lives in America today and identifies good books to have in library collections for them to read.