Serving Teens through Readers' Advisory

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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 and encouraging for beginners and an informative refresher for those more experienced, this hands-on guide addresses teens' unique needs with practical tools that help Readers' Advisors.

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Full title :Serving Teens through Readers' Advisory.

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Publication Date:2007.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):ALA Editions
Place of Publication:Chicago
Language:eng
Publication Date:2007.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (176 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780838998236, 0838998232, 1441627227, 9781441627223
oclc:ocn610005479
LC Classification:Z711.55 .B66 2007
Dewey Decimal:028.5

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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Adolescents -- Livres et lecture -- Éta… Bibliographies Bibliothèques et adolescents -- États-U… Libraries and teenagers Libraries and teenagers -- United States Littérature pour jeunes adultes -- Bibl… Readers' advisory services Readers' advisory services -- United St… Teenagers -- Books and reading Teenagers -- Books and reading -- Unite… United States Young adult literature Young adult literature -- Bibliography