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Cool to be Clever: Edson Hendricks for iPad - Digital Storytime's Review

Cool to be Clever: Edson Hendricks for iPad - Digital Storytime's Review | Readers Advisory For Secondary Schools | Scoop.it
From digital-storytime.com - July 16, 2012 9:34 PM
Overall, this is a phenomenal title that presents non-fiction content in a more modern way, letting kids explore and learn at their own pace, with or without narration. This title would be great for lessons on bullying, the Internet, biography and more. Struggling, older readers will also benefit from having a title tailored to their interests with the option to listen rather than read (although text does not highlight). This is truly a must-download title. My highest recommendation!

 

An excellent free book app with appeal to readers from 8 to adult. Well reviewed by Carisa Kluver. Find more digital story reviews on this page.

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Guest Post: Karen Rock on Let's Hear It for the Boy(s)!

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From cynthialeitichsmith.blogspot.fr - November 19, 2012 5:20 PM

A wise article about what works in YA fiction, with words from a number of authors, some new to me that I'll be following up.

Next step: Which Australian writers are producing books of this kind?

"Writing books that appeal to boys is a joy and a challenge.
Here are some “boots on the ground” perspectives from readers, teachers, and librarians, as well as invaluable insights shared by children’s authors Darren Shan, Ellen Hopkins, Tim Wynne-Jones, and break-out debut novelist, Scott Blagden on how to reach this important readership."


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Winning the reading war

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From www.thebookseller.com - July 14, 2012 6:48 PM

"At school, reading books usually meant reading about characters I didn’t care about in situations that didn’t ignite my imagination. At home, my Dad tried to bribe me, offering an allowance based on a nightly page-count. He shared his childhood favourites like The Hardy Boys and the Tom Swift novels in an effort to inspire me through a type of intergenerational book club. I rarely made it past the first chapter of those books. They simply could not compete with the mythology and immersive worlds of the "Star Wars" films or even the "Transformers" television show.
But fortunately I did find my way into reading, and I can still clearly remember the two inflection points that fueled my transformation."

(The third factor implicit in this article is being given the opportunity to choose for oneself!)
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Boys Don't Read, Except When They Do

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From www.huffingtonpost.com - December 29, 2011 4:46 PM
"Even when I hated to read, I was hungry for stories. I found them in places that weren't teacher-approved, but I found them just the same. Video games and television shows were filled with plot and conflict, character and emotion. I read Choose-Your-Own Adventures and X-Men comics and Nintendo Power Magazine and Zoobooks and I made up my own stories about the villains and the heroes, the far-flung places and wild animals. I never thought of anything I did as reading, and I never thought I was training myself for a life as a writer. But I was."
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Guys Lit Wire: The Reader's Advisory Guide to Nonfiction

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From guyslitwire.blogspot.com - September 26, 2011 8:38 AM

"Neal Wyatt's book has chapters recommending books about sports, travel, true crime, true adventure, memoirs, history and biographies, 'general nonfiction', whatever that is, and so on. Science, mathematics, and nature writing are all dealt with in one chapter, as are food and cooking.

It was published in 2007, so you will not find the most recently published nonfiction in it. That is not a problem, in my opinion..."

Good review of this book, which goes on to demonstrate how the reviewer developed methods for updating.

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Why boys' literacy skills lag behind girls' and how to bridge the reading gap

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From www.deseretnews.com - August 3, 2012 8:11 PM
Much of this is what we have been hearing forever, it seems, but make sure you get down to How To Bridge The Reading Gap. Noted literacy researcher, William Brozo, has some sensible ideas that work and are very replicable, including honouring personal choice of reading material.
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BookQuest: A reading adventure for boys

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From bookquest2012.wordpress.com - June 19, 2012 12:54 AM

This program has been developed specifically for boys between the ages of 9 to 12, and will include the following elements :

• reflect their personal interests and their self-image

• involve action

• allow the boys to feel success through rewards and their relation to their peers

• be fun

• be focused on a purpose

• capture their imagination, often through superheroes and fantasy figures

• include a range of reading material from books to newspapers, magazines, comics, fiction and non-fiction

• involve technology.

 

Read the program proposal prepared for senior management of the Brisbane City Council Libraries by F. Berndt, K.Henry & A.Lagos...

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“What Can We Do With Children Who Don’t Read?” by Anthony Horowitz | The TeachingBooks.net Blog

“What Can We Do With Children Who Don’t Read?” by Anthony Horowitz | The TeachingBooks.net Blog | Readers Advisory For Secondary Schools | Scoop.it
From forum.teachingbooks.net - October 8, 2011 5:51 PM

"So to answer my question, what to do with children who don’t read? Well, make sure they can read. Surround them with books. Read to them when they’re young. Make books part of their life. But beyond that I think we just have to let them get on with it. Let them play football, watch TV, hang out with their friends, whatever.... I just write and hope that kids will discover my books and that this will lead them on an amazing journey. But at the end of the day, the choice is theirs."


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