| The
Reading Environment:
How adults help children enjoy reading
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| Contents |
| 1
Introduction |
| 2
The Reading Circle: |
| Selection,
'reading', response |
| The
enabling adult |
| 3
Set and Setting |
| 4
Book stocks: |
| Central
stock, classroom collections |
| The
librarian, who buys?, book funds |
| 5
Displays: |
| Choice
of site, appeal, initial impact |
| Maintenance,
book availability, equipment & fittings |
| Themes
& topics, exhibitions |
| 6
Reading Areas |
| 7
Browsing |
| 8
Reading Time: |
| DEAR,
USSR, SQUIRT |
| How
often, how long |
| 9
Keeping Track |
| 10
Storytelling: |
| Where
it begins, choosing and preparing stories |
| 11
Reading Aloud: |
| Learning
how it goes, discovering the drama of print |
| 'Difficulty',
stimulating choice, being together |
| Storytelling
& reading aloud: the differences |
| Time
to hear, look, prepare |
| 12
Book Owning: |
| Selling
books in school |
| Bookfairs:
place, supply, publicity, |
| layout,
sales management, 'side shows', follow-up |
| 13
Star Performers: |
| Choosing
the guest, making the approach |
| On
the day, making the most of a visit |
| 14
Friends & Peers: |
| 'Have
you read this?', graffiti boards, magazines |
| Selection
panels, displays, reading clubs |
| Pupil
organisers |
| 15
Helping to Choose: |
| By-the-way
conversation, 'try these', booklists |
| Mix
and match, raising expectations |
| 16
Response: |
| 'For
the author', works of art, anthologies |
| Acting
it out, book making |
| 17
The Reading Adult |
| References |
| Addresses |
| Index |
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A
practical description of what can be done in schools to
help children become thoughtful, willing readers who enjoy
books.
First
published by Thimble Press, 1992
www.thimblepress.co.uk
Latest
reprint: Thimble Press, 2001
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A
companion volume to TELL ME:
CHILDREN, READING & TALK.
U.S.A.
publisher: Stenhouse Publishers, www.stenhouse.com/
Canadian publisher: Pembroke,
www.pembrokepublishers.com/
All
contents are ©Aidan Chambers unless otherwise
stated.
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