Offering over 200 ready-to-use, successful "booktalks" for librarians, teachers, and parents, this book shows how to "hook" reluctant readers onto books. The field-tested booktalks are brief "commercials" for books that give just enough information to promote reading the book, and that help match the right reader with the right book. Following an introduction, the book is in 5 parts. Part I presents a list of book awards, with background information on the awards. Part ii offers an alphabetical list of tips and strategies to effectively plan and conduct booktalks. Part iii provides genre and subject headings for the booktalks. Part iv presents myriad booktalks for all readers, alphabetically by the author's last name. In addition to information about the plot and characters, each booktalk presents bibliographic information, age/grade suitability, any known book awards, genre, subjects, and related books. A "Note" provides additional information about the author, book, genre, or maturity content. Part v comprises a set of useful author, title, reading level, genre, and subject indexes. (Sr).

This book contains 136 booktalks for grades 3-12. "A booktalk is a brief recommendation of the book that inroduces a dramatic scene or character, giving just enough information to sell the book without giving away the ending of the story."--Introduction.

This volume, a companion to "Talk That Book: Booktalks To Promote Reading," presents 263 new booktalks on classics and best sellers that serve a wide range of interests for all ages and reading interests. Usually, booktalking is an oral presentation of 10 or 20 booktalks lasting about 30 minutes; however, this book can also act as a librarian's guide when children ask them for a recommendation. As in the previous volume, these booktalks are arranged by the author's last name, followed by reading level, genre, and subjects. Books are categorized by reading levels, according to their vocabulary and content. Unlike the previous volume, this book does not separate the booktalks into separate chapters according to reading level. More nonfiction, biography, and poetry books were selected for this volume to supplement the first book. An introductory section discusses the purpose of booktalks, booktalking concepts, and why booktalks work. Information is also provided on book awards. Includes author, title, age-level, genre, and subject indexes. (Aef).

Lesson plans and examples will help you incorporate the national language arts standards covered by standardized tests and implement the Information Power II standards into your next storytime. Specific content areas and lesson plans are included and cover literary elements, Caldecott books, folk tales, genres and nonfiction. Strategies like pair share, Big Books, reader's theater, puppet shows and choral responses encourage all students to participate and respond in storytime reading lessons, while brainstorming, composing and publishing strategies encourage participation in storytime writing lessons. Students will always love storytime so why not make it more than just reading aloud?

Collaboration is much more than just the latest buzzword. It is a worthwhile concept that can greatly benefit library media specialists, teachers, students and administrators alike. And if it is done correctly, collaborating planning and teaching can help with meeting education standards. This straightforward resource presents methodology and models to assist secondary library media specialists in their efforts to work collaboratively with teachers. Each of the 17 units included are standards-based, and provide opportunities for students to master information literacy skills as outlined in Information Power. Chapters on the history and benefits of collaboration are included. Factors for success; roadblocks to collaboration and how to overcome them; and personal testimonials from administrators, teachers and library media specialists will provide a wealth of information about working in a collaborative environment. Demystify the collaborative process with this hands-on guide for secondary school library media specialists and teachers Practical suggestions for implementing collaborative planning and teaching with classroom teachers through a variety of units Useful ideas for overcoming common roadblocks to collaboration A simple, easy-to-adapt template enhances any unit planning"