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Volume 30, Number 3, February 2003

Overcoming the Obstacle Course: Teenage Boys and Reading
Patrick Jones and Dawn Cartwright Fiorelli examine the research to determine what teacher-librarians can do to connect with young adult males. FULL TEXT ARTICLE

Boy books, girl books: Should we re-organize our school library collections?
Ray Doiron uses data from several studies to challenge the common assumptions about boys and girls and reading.

Guys and Reading
Jon Scieszka provides his personal perspective, as author, parent and teacher, on why so many boys think reading “is definitely for girls.”

Where the boys are . . .
Allison Haupt compares what the literature says with her own experiences working with young male readers – and offers tips for success.

From Boys’ Life to Thrasher: Boys and Magazines
Ruth Cox examines the professional literature to find out why magazines consistently rate among boys’ top choices for reading material.

Success Stories: Teacher-Librarians on Boys and Reading

Connecting with boys at Lunch: Robie Martin describes the Lunch Bunch at her Kansas middle school library – a mix of teenage boys, some great young adult fiction and homemade dessert.

Motivating Boys as Beginning Readers
Julie Dahlhauser describes a highly successful reading program for reaching out and connecting with the most disruptive children at her early childhood center.

The Poster
What is the best thing a teacher-librarian can do to encourage boys ro read?

Best Buys

Web Wonders
Joanne Troutner
Current events web sites

Professional Reading
Ken Haycock
Includes new titles worth a look

Bookmark It!

• web sites for guys
  Joanne Troutner
• Best New Software
  Joanne Troutner
• Bullying
  Vancouver Public Library
• New Adventures for Boys!
  Rosemary Chance
• Classic Boy Humor
  Rosemary Chance
• Far-Fetched Families
  Ruth Cox
• From A to Z
  Ruth Cox
• Marine Life
  Kate Houston Mitchoff
• Big & Small Cats
  Kate Houston Mitchoff

PLUS: new Web Links added!

From the TL Toolkit

Bestsellers: Fiction; Nonfiction; Picture books
Susan Faust and Helen Wiley

ProD Grant
You could be next!

New Product News
News from vendors.

ProD Calendar
Upcoming conferences.

Advertiser Index

Departments

Notebook
Ken Haycock
Building political support: Starting small

Profiles: Pam Nutt, Christine Wilson

What Works
Ken Haycock
Support libraries to improve student reading

Strategy
Barbara Braxton
Bait the boys and hook them into reading!

Video Toolbox
Robert D. Wilson
Use videos to grab boys’ attention

Personal Computing
Reid Goldsborough
Picture the perfect photo

InfoTech
Anne Clyde
Cache and caching: Do you see what I see?

Portrait
Teri Lesesne
Surfing for readers: An interview with Todd Strasser

Searching the Web
Holly Gunn
Searching in the title field of web pages

Literacy Links
Marlene Asselin
Bridging the gap between learning to be male and learning to read

NEW! Administrator’s Perspective
David Bouchard
Improve student literacy: Pick up a book and read

And Furthermore…
News and notes.
Includes Resources From ERIC