Boys and Reading
Connecting Boys with Books 2: Closing the Reading Gap by Michael Sullivan - http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=2497
PrintThe subject of boys and reading has been a major one in the last few years. Boys will read if the books are on subjects that interest them. "Why Aren't Little Boys Reading?" in Library Administrator's Digest (December 2006, p. 74) reports research at the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, and offers the following suggestions:
* Provide staff training
* Develop programs that are attractive to boys
* Present programming for parents to explore why boys lose interest in reading
* Construct displays of interest to boys
* Develop a tip kit
The ALA Library has collected many resources for getting boys interested in reading, and has a selection of recent articles to help you develop the programs and tip kits for your library which can be found on the Professional Tips Wiki.
The Young Adult Library Service Association (YALSA) offers two lists that offer potential books for boys: Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers (or as it is often nicknamed, 'books for boys') and Great Graphic Novels for Teens.
Subscribe
Trending Now
Current Issue
Noted and Quoted
“My heart’s with what we’re doing in Firestone. My stomach hurts when I think about NYPL, the first great library I ever worked in, turned into a vast internet cafe where people can read the same Google Books, body parts and...
Anthony Grafton, Princeton (N.J.) University professor of history, comparing the renovations of New York Public Library’s Schwarzman Building and Princeton’s Firestone Library, “A tale of two libraries and a revolution,” Daily Princetonian, Apr. 2.
American Libraries Magazine | 50 East Huron | Chicago, IL 60611 | 2012© American Library Association | Staff Login
Comments
Books for Boys
I grew up as a reluctant reader, in spite of the fact that my father published over 70 books. Now I write action-adventures & mysteries, especially for tween boys, that avid boy readers and girls enjoy just as much.
My blog, Books for Boys http://booksandboys.blogspot.com is dedicated to drawing attention to the importance of reading. And my new book, Lost Island Smugglers - first in the Sam Cooper Adventure Series - is coming out in August. .
Max Elliot Anderson
PS. My first 7 books are going to be republished by Comfort Publishing later in 2010