Motivating Readers: Book List for Professional Developement

Book Club: A Literature-Based Curriculum
(Second Edition)
by: Taffy Raphael, Laura S. Pardo, Kathy Highfield
Small Planet Communications, 2002

A clear overview of the Book Club program is supplemented by new chapters on comprehension, writing, assessment, and classroom management. Complete thematic teaching units for four novels include related readings, unit projects, and correlations to language arts and social studies standards.

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The Count on Reading Handbook: Tips for Planning Reading Motivation Programs
Susan D. Ballard (Ed.)
American Library Association, 1997

This publication offers assistance and advice in the planning and implementation of reading motivation programs in schools, libraries, and youth-serving organizations. It features reading programs from participants of Count on Reading, an American Association of School Libraries' initiative that challenged the nation's youth to read a billion books.

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Engaged Reading: Processes, Practices, and Policy Implications
John T. Guthrie and Donna E. Alvermann (Eds.)
Teachers College Press, 1998

The contributing authors of this book provide an historical and political context for studying reading motivation. They regard reading engagement as a part of school reform.

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Engaging Young Readers
Linda Baker, Miriam Jean Dreher, and John T. Guthrie (Eds.)
Guilford Press, 2000

This book combines scholarship with practical advice on how to motivate children to read.

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Literacy and Motivation: Reading Engagement in Individuals and Groups
Catherine Snow and Ludo Verhoeven, (Eds.)
Laurence Erlbaum Associates, 2001.

This book provides an introduction to literacy and motivation, discussion of programs that promote literacy engagement, and overviews of supportive policies.

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Lively Discussions: Fostering Engaged Reading
Linda B. Gambrell and Janice F. Almasi (Eds.)
International Reading Association, 1996.

This book emphasizes the value of classroom discussion in creating engaged readers.

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Motivating Recreational Reading and Promoting
Home-School Connections: Strategies from the Reading Teacher
Timothy V. Rasinski, and Nancy D. Padak (Eds.)
International Reading Association, 2000.

This is a collection of 33 articles originally published in IRA's journal, The Reading Teacher. The field-tested strategies help readers create motivational tools and home-school partnerships for encouraging children's out-of-school reading.

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Reading Engagement: Motivating Readers through Integrated Instruction
John T. Guthrie and Allan Wigfield
International Reading Association, 1997.

Writing for teachers and researchers, the authors describe the research literature on motivation and how to apply it to motivating children to read. The six chapters in the first section cover topics such as reading engagement and the teacher's role in motivating readers. The five chapters in the second section focus on classroom strategies for supporting reading engagement.

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