Serving teens through readers' advisory / Heather Booth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Booth, Heather, 1978-

Series:

ALA readers' advisory series.

ALA readers' advisory series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Readers' advisory services--United States.

Readers' advisory services.

Libraries and teenagers--United States.

Libraries and teenagers.

Teenagers--Books and reading--United States.

Teenagers.

Young adult literature--Bibliography.

Young adult literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : American Library Association, 2007.

Summary:

Getting teens to read for fun is the ultimate challenge, yet research shows that it improves skills in grammar and spelling while expanding vocabularies. Readers' Advisors who serve teens (or want to) now have an ready-to-use resource from an expert in teen Readers' Advisory. Accessible and encouraging for beginners and an informative refresher for those more experienced, this hands-on guide addresses teens' unique needs with practical tools that help Readers' Advisors.

Contents:

Contents; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part 1: What Do We Do and Why Do We Do It?; Chapter 1:A Brief History of Teens and Reading in Libraries; Chapter 2: Why Teens Need to Read, Why They Want to Read; Part 2: Foundations; Chapter 3: What Is Readers' Advisory, and Why Is Readers' Advisory for Teens Different?; Chapter 4: Tips for the Generalist: What to Do If You Have Not Read Teen Fiction Since You Were a Teen; Part 3: Taking Action; Chapter 5: Opening the Readers' Advisory Interview; Chapter 6: Detecting Interest; Chapter 7: Articulating Appeal; Part 4: Special Circumstances

Chapter 8: Readers' Advisory for Homework Assignments Chapter 9: Readers' Advisory by Proxy; Part 5: Resources; Chapter 10: Beyond Lists: Using Resources to Move Past Award Winners; Chapter 11: Creating Resource Lists for Staff; Chapter 12: Indirect Readers' Advisory and Marketing; Appendixes; A: Popular Author Lists; B: Sure Bets; C: Teen-Selected Book Awards; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-149) and index.

ISBN:

0-8389-9823-2

1-4416-2722-7

OCLC:

610005479