Serving boys through readers' advisory

Based on more than twenty years' experience working to get boys interested in reading, Michael Sullivan now offers his first readers' advisory volume. With an emphasis on nonfiction and the boy-friendly categories of genre fiction, the work offers a wealth of material including Suggestions...

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Main Author: Sullivan, Michael (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago American Library Association 2010
Series:ALA readers' advisory series
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Summary:Based on more than twenty years' experience working to get boys interested in reading, Michael Sullivan now offers his first readers' advisory volume. With an emphasis on nonfiction and the boy-friendly categories of genre fiction, the work offers a wealth of material including Suggestions for how to booktalk one-on-one as well as in large groups Methods of performing indirect readers' advisory by working with parents or teachers Lists of great authors for boys in the various genres and over five hundred recommended books Lists of read-alikes as well as titles to offer a boy in place of a book he did not like or would not readComplete with hundreds of suggested titles, booktalks, and lists to help turn boys into rabid readers!
Physical Description:viii, 152 pages 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780838910221
083891022X