book talks

Provides ten, thirty-minute booktalk sessions for librarians that use multimedia, such as music, Web sites, and film clips, and are aimed at actively engaging an audience.

A step-by-step guide to the art of booktalking for librarians, teachers, and counselors.

A guide for book talks, story programs, and reading guidance, providing librarians and teachers with picture books that interest children.

A guide to preparing book talks for young people, ages nine to sixteen. Presents plot analysis, thematic material, book talk material, and additional suggestions on a variety of titles for each of eight themes of goals of adolescent reading.

Concise summaries of 81 books arranged under nine developmental goals for middle grade readers.

Presents ideas and instructions for educators to inspire younger readers during literature discussions with the addition of technology elements into presentations, and discusses student-videos, audio, and text booktalks; and provides lesson plans with examples.

Presents booktalks designed to help teachers increase their middle grade students' interest in reading nonfiction books that are arranged thematically in seven categories, including American journeys, people to know, animals, science, playing with words, and monsters.

Profiles one hundred books for young adults, providing bibliographic information, age levels, plot summaries, commentary, further reading lists, and lists of passages for "booktalks.".