books and reading

Inspired by the idea of empowering girls around the world to demand their right to education, one girl lights a small spark which catches fire and eventually lights up the whole world.

A little girl who is reading the best book ever gets continually interrupted during exciting parts of the story by an adventurous pirate captain and a performing penguin who do not quite realize how much fun reading can be.

"Covering over 500 titles, both classics and newer publications, this book describes what titles are about and why teens would want to read them"--Provided by publisher.

"... show[s] how to teach reading as a personal art-a way to develop passionate, critical readers for life-and how to build a schoolwide reading culture on self-selected, voluminous reading ..."--Amazon.

Introduces the think-aloud technique for improving intermediate, middle, and high school students' reading comprehension, and presents classroom scenarios, lessons, activities, and sample student work.

Provides a step-by-step guide to implementing reading instruction in the classroom, and contains thirty reproducible short texts along with assessments, reading strategies, and literacy instruction.

Discusses the ways that boys read, suggests ways to encourage boys to be readers, and recommends both fiction and nonfiction in a variety of formats and genres that will appeal to emerging, developing, and maturing male readers.

The Berenstain Bears love reading and they love checking books out from the library, but when the library is on the verge of shutting down, Brother, Sister and Honey step in to find a way to save their beloved library.

Provides an annotated list of nonfiction books on a variety of topics such as adoption, ballet, fire fighting, and mummies for readers in preschool through junior high school. Includes tips for book activities and reading programs.