Knowles, Elizabeth

Offers K-12 teachers and librarians a wide range of materials and activity ideas designed to help students learn twelve character-building virtues, including empathy, respect, courage, humor, loyalty, and honesty.

Examines over 250 well-known misquotations; exploring why they are misquoted, what was actually said, and who the quote is attributed to.

Describes a variety of motivational techniques designed to encourage young teens to read, including reading workshops, literature circles, book clubs, booktalks, and interdisciplinary and thematic units; and includes annotated lists of young adult literature.

A guide to creating book discussion groups for elementary and middle school students that offers discussion topics and activity ideas for fifteen titles of different genres.

Offers strategies for librarians, teachers, and parents to help develop literacy in boys, and focuses on the particular genres that interest them such as adventure, science fiction, fantasy, and mysteries.