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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...
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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.
4) Misery
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After an almost fatal car crash, novelist Paul Sheldon finds himself being nursed by a deranged fan who holds him captive.
6) Stone reader
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In 1972 Mark Moskowitz read a New York Times book review of "The stones of summer" by Dow Mossman, a title which, later in Moskowitz's life would later become an object of obsession. Though he shelved the book for 25 years, Moskowitz finally read it and was amazed at its ingenuity. He was shocked that its one-time author never penned another book. Determined to solve the mystery, Moskowitz documented his research project in finding the forgotten...
8) Amy's O
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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...
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Around the world adventure: With the help of their teacher, Whyatt and his friends have contacted a girl from another school over the computer, but they wonder where she lives. The super readers take a trip around the world with a wacky explorer named wigglesbottom who is on the hunt for his friend Sophie. Will they be able to help wigglesbottom find his friend, or will they be destined to travel the globe indefinitely? Naila and the magic map: Pif...
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