Books for Educators and Parents

Educators, tutors, and parents will find these books useful for learning more about adolescent literacy. The books are listed in alphabetical order.

All the Stories That We Have: Adolescents' Insights About Literacy and Learning in Secondary Schools
Elizabeth Birr Moje
International Reading Association, 2000

The author uses the voices of adolescent students to help teachers reflect on effective literacy instruction in secondary-school settings.

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Book Club for Middle School
by: Taffy Raphael, Marcella Kehus, Karen Damphousse
Small Planet Communications, 2001

This book shows how to engage adolescent learners with literature and help them assume increased responsibility for their own learning. Students receive strategy instruction, write in response to the literature, and learn to participate in meaningful peer discussions. Carefully modeled on classroom research, the program provides
specific examples and detailed lesson plans.

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I Read It, But I Don't Get It: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers
Cris Tovani and Ellen Oliver Keene
Stenhouse, 2000

This book offers practical strategies to help students understand what they are reading and to help them understand when they are, in fact, understanding.

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It's Never Too Late: Leading Adolescents to Lifelong Literacy
Janet Allen and Tom Romano
Heinemann, 1995

This book provides middle and secondary teachers with a detailed description of how to set up and implement a reading program for aliterate youth.

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Language Study in Middle School, High School, and Beyond
John S. Simmons and Lawrence Baines (Editors)
International Reading Association, 1998

The editors of this book present ten diverse viewpoints on language study, all of which recommend that "language study be connected to students' lives in visceral as well as rational ways."

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Reading for Understanding: A Guide to Improving Reading in Middle and High School Classrooms
Ruth Schoenbach, Cynthia Greenleaf, Christine Cziko, and Lori Hurwitz
Jossey-Bass, 1999

This book outlines strategies for quickly boosting the reading skills of low-achieving middle- and high-school students.

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What Really Matters for Struggling Readers
Richard L. Allington
Longman, 2000

In research-based text, Allington makes the point that to become proficient readers, children need to become avid readers.

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