Readers

=Reading Survey= @http://goo.gl/BfoU8

Results: @https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqkYQ6NGDH61dFNmWlRFaDBQY1d3T1FjUmxKYTM4dWc

=Finding Books= http://readkiddoread.com/home


 * Texas Booklists -** @http://www.txla.org/reading-lists
 * 2x2: Age 2 through 2nd grade
 * Texas Bluebonnet Award: Third through sixth grade
 * Lone Star: Sixth through eighth grade
 * Tayshas: High school
 * Maverick: Graphic novels


 * YASLA Book Lists**- www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists


 * ALSC Awards** - http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/index.cfm


 * Juvenile Series and Sequels** - http://www.mymcpl.org/books-movies-music/juvenile-series

http://www.titlewave.com
 * Titlewave ** –Online collection development and curriculum support tool for K-12 school librarians, educators, and administrators from Follett.

http://www.teenreads.com
 * TeenReads ** – Teens talk about their favorite books and get thoughtful book reviews, in-depth author profiles, excerpts of the hottest new-releases, and more.

http://www.kidsreads.com
 * KidReads ** – Great place for kids to find reviews of the newest titles, interviews with the coolest authors and special features on great books.

http://www.guysread.com
 * Guys Read ** – A web-based literacy program developed by Jon Scieszka to help boys find stuff they like to read.


 * Barnes & Noble ** - www.bn.com


 * BookList Online - ** http://www.booklistonline.com/

@http://bccb.lis.illinois.edu/
 * Bulletin for the Center for Children’s Books ** - Homepage of //The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books//, one of the nation's leading children's book review journals for school and public librarians.

=Reluctant Readers= YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers: @http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/quickpicks

What are Hi-Lo Books?
 * @http://www.writing-world.com/foster/foster03.shtml
 * @http://www.readingrockets.org/article/374/

Hi-Lo Lists
 * @http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/booklists/hilobib.html
 * @http://mgrn.evansville.edu/2005fall.htm
 * @http://www.multcolib.org/kids/booklists/shorterbooks5-8.html
 * @http://www.carylibrary.org/children/pdfs/high-low.pdf
 * Picture books for older students: @http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/booklists/oldpic.html

=AR=

From the American Library Association:


 * @http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=interpretations&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=72556
 * @http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/intfreedom/librarybill/interpretations/qa-labeling.cfm

Blogs from Librarians and Teachers:

@http://project-middle-grade-mayhem.blogspot.com/2011/08/what-do-you-think-of-accelerated-reader.html

@http://penningtonpublishing.com/blog/reading/the-18-reasons-not-to-use-accelerated-reader/

@http://library-grrls.livejournal.com/698167.html

@http://ichoosemath.wordpress.com/2011/08/31/free-choice-time-origins/

"My mom worried that the narrow focus that these kids had on their reading levels was getting in the way of their relationship with reading. In an effort to help kids to stretch themselves as readers, she designed a “bingo card” with a different genre of book in each square—science fiction, poetry, biography, and so on. This allowed kids to keep track of the genres they had read. **Over time, she more often heard kids asking for help to find a mystery novel rather than a 3.2 to 3.6 book**. She was fostering personal, eclectic choice just by giving kids a different window into the selections they were making. (I think there was also a reward for bingo “black-outs,” which certainly didn’t hurt.)"