| Description |
223 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
pt. 1 Why literature? : Why bother? -- Children, language, and literature -- The making of a literary reader -- The reading circle, the reading adult, and three reading moods |
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pt. 2 The reading environment : The set and the setting -- Browsing -- Adult recommendations -- Friends and peers -- Worrying about the rubbish -- Book buying : book owning -- Star performers |
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pt. 3 Time to read : Storytelling and reading aloud -- Undirected reading |
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pt. 4 Response : Talking about literature -- A critical blueprint -- Taking pleasure : an adult reads -- Enjoying "Slake's Limbo." |
| Summary |
A book written to enable librarians and teachers to help children become avid and enthusiastic readers of literature |
| Analysis |
Children Books and reading Great Britain |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 215-216 |
| Subject |
Children -- Books and reading.
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| LC no. |
82021357 |
| ISBN |
0876752849 |
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0876752857 (paperback) |
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