The World's Best Thin Books, Revised: What to Read When Your Book Report is Due Tomorrow
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Book Overview
Students, teachers, and librarians will love this handy little volume that describes 100 titles recommended for middle and high school students. Readable, attention-grabbing - all are less than 200 pages. Each entry lists title and author, provides information on characters, plot, and action, and even suggests topics to cover in a book report. Librarians and teachers will appreciate the inclusion of curricular areas and readability indexes, and students will find the appendix on approaches to writing a book report or booktalk a real gold mine.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1578860075
ISBN13:9781578860074
Release Date:May 2000
Publisher:Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
Length:240 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Age Range:12 to 17 years
Grade Range:Grades 7 to 12
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2 ratings
Great resource
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
This is a good resource especially for librarians and teachers, but it wouldn't hurt parents to have a copy, either. This is an easy and quick way to check on shorter, but quality, books that kids who like to procrastinate can read for school. Bodart is very thorough in including as much information about the book as possible in as brief a way as possible - the only problem I see with that is kids or teens using the information listed in "World's Best Thin Books" as the source for their reports instead of actually reading the book. Also, as one who works in the youth services dept. of a public library, I've seen the problem of kids (and parents) not wanting to read a book that's not on an accelerated reading list. Some of the books in Bodart's compilation ARE on the accelerated reading lists, but there's still the problem of because the books are shorter, less points are awarded (not always, but sometimes) to kids who read those books and for that reason alone, shorter books are set aside. Regardless of outside glitches, Bodart has a great idea and presents a thorough, easy to use reference book for anyone who is in the position to encourage a child to read a shorter (or in this case, thinner) book.
Provides quick, concise info for ya librarians and teachers
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
A much-used title in our vocational high school library, every teacher who has checked it out wants their own copy. It has provided quick reference for the student who asks for the "thin" book--whether the book report is due tomorrow or the because the reader has difficulty with longer texts. I wish every young adult title came with this kind of information!
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