Book Clubbing!: Successful Book Clubs for Young People (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781586834142)

Learn how to sponsor a successful, student-led book club for grades K through 12 that is fun, easy-to-implement, and encourages reading.

Book Clubbing!: Successful Book Clubs for Young People offers practical tips on creating book clubs that involve students of all ages and reading levels--including special education students, second language learners, and reluctant readers--making it easy to have fun, productive, and educational book clubs and other reading events.

The book begins with a discussion of the current research on reading and practical tips from experienced sponsors and participants, followed by suggestions on customizing book clubs to fit the students' needs and how to add "sparkle" to the club with field trips, readers theatre, guest speakers, and mystery games. The book offers a wide variety of reading activities, ensuring a dynamic, lively reading group. Numerous forms, booklists, booktalks, reading lists, and resource websites offer additional help for educators and library staff. Especially unique and valuable is the reading activities chapter that includes reproducible reading games, a readers theatre script, a folktale "rap," and various booktalks and contests.

Author: Carol Littlejohn
ISBN-10: 1586834142
ISBN-13: 9781586834142
Publisher: Linworth Publishing
Language: English
Published: 04/12/2011
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 10.90h x 8.40w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 11/01/2011 pg. 156
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2011 pg. 150