books and reading

The first reference of its kind, Great Books for Girls is an invaluable list of more than six hundred titles--picture books, novels, mysteries, biographies, folktales, sports books, and more--that will encourage, challenge, and ultimately nurture in girls the strong qualities our culture so often suppresses.

Includes indexes. Contains annotated lists of books recommended for teen-agers.

Contains plots and related material on 72 books generally suitable for children between the ages of 11 and 16.

Offers teachers, librarians, and teen group leaders useful tips and strategies designed to help teen readers connect with books from different genres.

Presents a comprehensive fiction resource guide for middle and high school readers covering over eight hundred series along with annotations, character lists, grade levels, genre, and more.

Presents a guide to over seventy-five fantasy novels and anthologies, and provides reading levels, brief annotations, review citations, and related titles by the same author.

Discusses the values of telling stories to young adults and provides a guide for appropriate tales to be used.

A collection of essays spanning the 1990s that dispels myths about teenage readers, arguing that they are much more intelligent and varied in their interests and concerns than the average school, library, or publishing house makes them out to be.