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Reading Matters What the Research Reveals about Reading, Libraries, and Community

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ISBN-10: 1591580668

ISBN-13: 9781591580669

Edition: 2006

Authors: Lynne (E. F. ) McKechnie, Catherine Sheldrick Ross, Paulette M. Rothbauer

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Drawing upon data published in a variety of scholarly journals, monographs in education, cultural studies, media studies, and libraries and information studies, as well as their own research findings, these authors shatter some of the popular myths about reading and offer a cogent case for the library's vital role in the life of a reader. By providing a road map to research findings on reading, reader-response, audiences, genres, the value of popular culture, the social nature of reading, and the role of libraries in promoting literacy and reading, this guide offers a clear rationale for making pleasure reading a priority in the library and in schools. The authors assert that reading for…    
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Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 12/30/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.61" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English

LYNNE E.F. MCKECHNIE, Associate Professor at the school of Library and Information Studies, University of Western Ontario, is conduction a longitudinal study of the role of the public library in the lives of 30 children.

PAULETTE M. ROTHBAUER, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto, has done extensive research on adolescent readers and the role of pleasure-reading in the discovery of identity. She is the winner of the Eugene Garfield Dissertation Competition.

Preface
The Company of Readers
Henny Penny and the Case for Reading
The "Fiction Problem"
Myths about Reading
Histories of Reading
Introduction to Reading Research
Reading as a Transaction
Reflecting on Reading
Becoming a Reader: Childhood Years
What We Know about Children and Reading
Becoming a Reader
Series Books
The Boy Problem
Children, Libraries, and Reading
Young Adults and Reading
What We Know about Young Adults and Reading
Young Adults and Fiction Reading
Reading and Identity
Reading Diverse Media Forms
The Reading-Writing Relationship
Young Adults Reading and Reaching Out
Adult Readers
The Who, What, Why, Where, When of Reading
The Reading Experience
What Role Does Reading Play in the Life of the Reader?
Better than Life
Reading High and Low
Best Sellers, Prizes, Lists, and the Manufacture of Taste
How Do Adult Readers Choose Books to Read?
Advising Readers
Reading as a Social Activity
In Conclusion: Reading Becomes You
Name and Subject Index
Title Index