Serving boys through readers' advisory

• Main Author: Sullivan, Michael (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago American Library Association 2010
• Series: ALA readers' advisory series
• Subjects: Boys > Books and reading > United States; Teenage boys > Books and reading > United States; Reading > Sex differences > United States; Readers' advisory services > United States
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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...

Table of Contents:

• Why boys are different
• What is boys' lit?
• The readers' advisory interview
• Special circumstances
• Booktalking for boys
• Booktalks for elementary school boys
• Booktalks for middle school boys
• Booktalks for high school boys
• Indirect readers' advisory
• Book lists for boys : nonfiction
• Book lists for boys : humor
• Book lists for boys : fantasy
• Book lists for boys : science fiction
• Book lists for boys : gothic horror
• Book lists for boys : action, adventure, and mystery
• Book lists for boys : visual storytelling
• Book lists for boys : historical fiction
• Book lists for boys : realistic fiction
• Classic retellings
• Great authors for boys
• Read-alikes
• If your first thought is--