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Reading unbound : why kids need to read what they want-and why we should let them / Jeffrey D. Wilhelm and Michael W. Smith with Sharon Fransen.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Scholastic, [2014]Description: 192 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0545147808
  • 9780545147804
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB1632 .W52 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
PART 1: THE NATURE AND VARIETY OF READING PLEASURES -- The importance of reading for pleasure -- Reading pleasure: Taking a closer look -- Play pleasure: "I just get this joy reading" -- Work pleasure: "This is it!" -- Intellectual pleasure: "It's like being a detective almost" -- Social pleasure: "All my friends were telling me I had to read this" -- PART 2: THE PARTICULAR PLEASURES OF POPULAR GENRES -- Readers of the heart: Getting carried away by romances -- The lure of immortality: Going batty for vampire novels -- The call of horror: Containing what's in the dark shadows -- Thinking the unthinkable: Looking for answers in dystopian fiction -- The Harry Potter phenomenon: The power of imagination -- Where do we go from here?
Summary: Explores the reading habits of teens and how educators can learn how to teach reading from the choices that young readers make for themselves.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-192).

PART 1: THE NATURE AND VARIETY OF READING PLEASURES -- The importance of reading for pleasure -- Reading pleasure: Taking a closer look -- Play pleasure: "I just get this joy reading" -- Work pleasure: "This is it!" -- Intellectual pleasure: "It's like being a detective almost" -- Social pleasure: "All my friends were telling me I had to read this" -- PART 2: THE PARTICULAR PLEASURES OF POPULAR GENRES -- Readers of the heart: Getting carried away by romances -- The lure of immortality: Going batty for vampire novels -- The call of horror: Containing what's in the dark shadows -- Thinking the unthinkable: Looking for answers in dystopian fiction -- The Harry Potter phenomenon: The power of imagination -- Where do we go from here?

Explores the reading habits of teens and how educators can learn how to teach reading from the choices that young readers make for themselves.

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