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Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The ability to select just-right books is a key element in developing confident, successful, independent readers. Gail starts this mini-lesson with Joan's K-2 multiage students by modeling how she picks a pair of shoes that are a good fit for her. Having engaged the class, Boushey and Moser show how to use a similar five-step process to select appropriate books: look at the book, consider the purpose and decide, am I interested in it? Do I comprehend...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Use the appeal characteristics to help your patrons find the book that is most appropriate for them. You will also learn how to use the "Quick Dip" in order to learn about a book without reading it. “People love to talk about the books that they read,” according to this excellent readers - advisory instructional. Recommended for professional library collections.”- Booklist.
3) Amy's O
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Amy has recently published a self-help book in which she discusses why a woman doesn't need a man in her life to feel fulfilled. But Amy isn't so sure she believes her own advice. Feeling conflicted, she ends up sharing her problems with a priest at a nearby Catholic church. As Amy's book hits the stores, her publicist snags Amy an appearance on a radio show hosted by a popular but foul-mouthed "shock jock." He is exactly the sort of man Amy warns...
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Dirt boy: "While reading the best-selling serial killer book "Dirt Boy" Matty Matthews begins to make mysterious connections between the story and a small Cape Cod community" - container.
Followed home: "Four young adults witness a deadly attack during a weekend trip to the mountains. But the tragic experience continues as the killer follows them home." - container.
The ridge: "A group of young adults head off to a vacation home in the mountains...
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