Finding a Good Book: Skills and Tools for Helping Students.

Dickey, Janet; Jones, Patrick

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ERIC Number: EJ483696

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Finding a Good Book: Skills and Tools for Helping Students.

Dickey, Janet; Jones, Patrick

Book Report, v13 n1 p15-19,28 May-Jun 1994

Offers suggestions for helping students find enjoyable leisure reading books. Highlights include identifying subject matter, characterization, setting, or pace similar to previously enjoyed books; tools of young adult readers' advisory, including annual lists, bibliographies, and catalogs; peer reviews and recommendations; review newsletters; and genre displays. (LRW)

Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Book Reviews, Characterization, Exhibits, Learning Resources Centers, Library Role, Library Services, Newsletters, Peer Groups, Reading Material Selection, Recreational Reading, Resource Materials, School Libraries, Secondary Education

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Reference Materials - Bibliographies; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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