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From: Jane Botham <jbotham_at_att.net>
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 09:34:04 -0800 (PST)
Ahh---there it is!!В You need to find out what the reader's interests
are.В I remember only too well how often as a librarian I would tryto take the child aside from a well-intentioned parent who had labeled their child as a reluctant reader, ask whatВ his/her interests were,and see the surprise registered on their faces!!В And, sometimes, the eagerness with which they would take the materials offered. True, so metimes itВ took a little longer----but, it'sВ always worth the =
effort.
I worry (now thatВ I'm retired) when I go into a children's library and see the librarians at their desks, not getting up to help children.В В The children who truly need the helpВ usually will not ask, and until they see a librarian helping a reader, their needsВ willВ not be met.В It seems to me that whenВ people are in the room, a librarian needs to be "circulating"--it's the friendliest way to be!!! В Jane Botham 2579 N. Maryland Avenue Milwaukee WI 53211
(414)332 7086 jbotham_at_att.net
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CCBC-NET Digest for Saturday, January 29, 2011.
1. Re: Trying to define " reluctant readers" 2. Apologies
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Re: Trying to define "relu ctant readers" From: Boagjohns_at_aol.com Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 08:33:58 -0500 (EST) X-Message-Number: 1
Hi, Ginny
You are so wise in your writings.В I too find it difficult to "define"В a reluctantreader. I think as librarians we need to try to discover the area inВwhich a reluctant reader is truly interested and try to find material t oВ fit his/her needs in that area AS A STARTING POINT. As a reader over a long lifeВ span - I call myself a very reluctant reader whenit comes to fantasy!В When I worked as a school librarian, I wouldput books on a table withВ
no notes about them and see who took what. It is amazing what "reluctantВ readers" will select if given a chance to make their own choices.
H.M. Smith
In a message dated 1/28/2011 5:41:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,В gmkruse_at_wisc.edu writes:
On 1/27/2011 6:52 PM, Sherry Rampey wrote: "...you wantedВ to know what the commonalities were among RR's, truth be told, they varyВ across the nation. They can range from innercity kids, who may like urbanВ fiction; or suburban kids who like the manga; or it could be the rural kidsВ who like to keep
things realistic..."В
Between grades one andВ twelve, my daughter Ann was a"special education" student. (That was theВ language used when Annwas young.)В Ann learned to read in first grade.В She became not only an "avid reader," but a "life-long reader," as well. MostВ recently Ann read Ted Kennedy's autobiography, and currently she's reading theВ new biography about Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. While Ann was a girl, IВ noticed that the books suggested by teachers andother librarians to specialВ ed students were definitely "reluctant reader" books, even series. TheseВ novels were, and they were action packed, featuring - for example - youngВ teens who were juvenile delinquents or drug users. There was an assumptionВ that some or all of the kids - understood to be
"challenged readers" orВ otherwise "reluctant" to read for pleasure - will want to read about kids inВ trouble or troubled kids.
One of my former school library positions wasВ in Newton, Massachusetts. It was a fabulous job with a bevy of high-poweredВ volunteers in an absolutely terrific public school with a student populationВ including black students bussed there daily from Boston. There was abundantВ funding for me to develop specialized book and media collections, one of whichВ was a "Black Studies
Collection."В A certain day in that wonderful schoolВlibrary is etched in my memory. That afternoon one of the Black students fromВ Boston asked me to recommend a book she could check out to read over theВ weekend. I eagerly showed her two or three of thenewest books in the BlackВ Studies shelves. She looked me in the eye and quietly said, "Mrs. Kruse, IВ really prefer to read fantasies. Don't you have any fantasies to recommend toВ me?"
Sherry, I can't be certain that rural kids "like to keep thingsВ realistic," or that only suburban kids take to the manga, or or that urbanВ students
prefer urban fiction.В Because of my two experiences (above),В because I once went to a one-room rural school, and because asan adult I'veВ lived in small towns, urban & suburban neighborhoods and the city ofВ Madison, I'm a
"reluctant librarian" when it comes to trying to define, nailВ down or even label who any of our young readers actually are.В
Cordially, Ginny
Ginny Moore Kruse
_gmkruse_at_wisc.edu_ (mailto:gmkruse@wisc.edu) Emeritus Director,ВCooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC), School of Education, University ofВ Wisconsin - Madison On 1/27/2011 6:52 PM, Sherry Rampey wrote: "...youВ wanted to know what the commonalities were among RR's, truth be told, theyВ vary across the nation. They can range from innercity kids, who may like urbanВ fiction; or suburban kids who like the manga; or it could be the rural kidsВ who like to keep things realistic..."В
Between grades one andВ twelve, my daughter Ann was a "special education" student. (That was theВ language used when Ann was young.)В Ann learned to read in first grade.В She became not only an "avid reader," but a "life-long reader," as well.MostВ recently Ann read Ted Kennedy's autobiography, and currentlyshe's reading theВ new biography about Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. While Ann was a girl, IВ noticed that the books suggested by teac hers and
other librarians to specialВ ed students were definitely "reluctant reader" books, even series. TheseВ novels were, andthey were action packed, featuring - for example - youngВ teens who were juvenile delinquents or drug users. There was an assumptionВ that kids who were "challenged readers" or otherwise "reluctant" to read forВ pleasure will want to read about kids in trouble or troubledkids.
OneВ of my former school library positions was in Newton, Massachusetts. It was aВ dream job with a bevy of high-powered volunteers in an absolutely terrificВ public school and a student population including black students bussed toВ school daily from Boston.There was abundant funding for me to developВ specialized book andmedia collections, one of which was a "Black Studies
Collection."В I remember a day when one of the students from Boston askedВ me to recommend a book she could check out to read over the weekend. I eagerlyВ showed her two or three of the newest books in the Black Studies shelves. SheВ looked me in the eye and quietly said, "Mrs. Kruse, I really prefer
to readВ fantasies. Do you have any fantasies to recommend to me?"
Sherry, IВ can't be certain that rural kids "like to keep things realistic," that onlyВ suburban kids take to the manga, or that urban students prefer
urbanВ fiction.В Because of the experiences I’ve described, because I once wentВ to a one-room school myself, and because as an adult I've lived in smallВ towns, urban & suburban neighborhoods and the city of Madison, I'm aВ reluctant librarian when it comes to trying to define, nail down or even labelВ who any of our young readers actually are.В
Cordially, Ginny
Ginny Moore Kruse
_gmkruse_at_wisc.edu_ (mailto:gmkruse@wisc.edu) Emeritus Director,В Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC), School of Education, University ofВ Wisc onsin - MadisonВ
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Apolog ies From: Ginny Moore Kruse Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:10:13 -0600 X-Message-Number: 2
My apologies for sending a messageabout reluctant readers to the CCBC-Net community. It was intended to t he ALA/ALSC listserv.
Cordially, Ginny
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 09:34:04 -0800 (PST)
Ahh---there it is!!В You need to find out what the reader's interests
are.В I remember only too well how often as a librarian I would tryto take the child aside from a well-intentioned parent who had labeled their child as a reluctant reader, ask whatВ his/her interests were,and see the surprise registered on their faces!!В And, sometimes, the eagerness with which they would take the materials offered. True, so metimes itВ took a little longer----but, it'sВ always worth the =
effort.
I worry (now thatВ I'm retired) when I go into a children's library and see the librarians at their desks, not getting up to help children.В В The children who truly need the helpВ usually will not ask, and until they see a librarian helping a reader, their needsВ willВ not be met.В It seems to me that whenВ people are in the room, a librarian needs to be "circulating"--it's the friendliest way to be!!! В Jane Botham 2579 N. Maryland Avenue Milwaukee WI 53211
(414)332 7086 jbotham_at_att.net
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CCBC-NET Digest for Saturday, January 29, 2011.
1. Re: Trying to define " reluctant readers" 2. Apologies
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Re: Trying to define "relu ctant readers" From: Boagjohns_at_aol.com Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 08:33:58 -0500 (EST) X-Message-Number: 1
Hi, Ginny
You are so wise in your writings.В I too find it difficult to "define"В a reluctantreader. I think as librarians we need to try to discover the area inВwhich a reluctant reader is truly interested and try to find material t oВ fit his/her needs in that area AS A STARTING POINT. As a reader over a long lifeВ span - I call myself a very reluctant reader whenit comes to fantasy!В When I worked as a school librarian, I wouldput books on a table withВ
no notes about them and see who took what. It is amazing what "reluctantВ readers" will select if given a chance to make their own choices.
H.M. Smith
In a message dated 1/28/2011 5:41:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,В gmkruse_at_wisc.edu writes:
On 1/27/2011 6:52 PM, Sherry Rampey wrote: "...you wantedВ to know what the commonalities were among RR's, truth be told, they varyВ across the nation. They can range from innercity kids, who may like urbanВ fiction; or suburban kids who like the manga; or it could be the rural kidsВ who like to keep
things realistic..."В
Between grades one andВ twelve, my daughter Ann was a"special education" student. (That was theВ language used when Annwas young.)В Ann learned to read in first grade.В She became not only an "avid reader," but a "life-long reader," as well. MostВ recently Ann read Ted Kennedy's autobiography, and currently she's reading theВ new biography about Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. While Ann was a girl, IВ noticed that the books suggested by teachers andother librarians to specialВ ed students were definitely "reluctant reader" books, even series. TheseВ novels were, and they were action packed, featuring - for example - youngВ teens who were juvenile delinquents or drug users. There was an assumptionВ that some or all of the kids - understood to be
"challenged readers" orВ otherwise "reluctant" to read for pleasure - will want to read about kids inВ trouble or troubled kids.
One of my former school library positions wasВ in Newton, Massachusetts. It was a fabulous job with a bevy of high-poweredВ volunteers in an absolutely terrific public school with a student populationВ including black students bussed there daily from Boston. There was abundantВ funding for me to develop specialized book and media collections, one of whichВ was a "Black Studies
Collection."В A certain day in that wonderful schoolВlibrary is etched in my memory. That afternoon one of the Black students fromВ Boston asked me to recommend a book she could check out to read over theВ weekend. I eagerly showed her two or three of thenewest books in the BlackВ Studies shelves. She looked me in the eye and quietly said, "Mrs. Kruse, IВ really prefer to read fantasies. Don't you have any fantasies to recommend toВ me?"
Sherry, I can't be certain that rural kids "like to keep thingsВ realistic," or that only suburban kids take to the manga, or or that urbanВ students
prefer urban fiction.В Because of my two experiences (above),В because I once went to a one-room rural school, and because asan adult I'veВ lived in small towns, urban & suburban neighborhoods and the city ofВ Madison, I'm a
"reluctant librarian" when it comes to trying to define, nailВ down or even label who any of our young readers actually are.В
Cordially, Ginny
Ginny Moore Kruse
_gmkruse_at_wisc.edu_ (mailto:gmkruse@wisc.edu) Emeritus Director,ВCooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC), School of Education, University ofВ Wisconsin - Madison On 1/27/2011 6:52 PM, Sherry Rampey wrote: "...youВ wanted to know what the commonalities were among RR's, truth be told, theyВ vary across the nation. They can range from innercity kids, who may like urbanВ fiction; or suburban kids who like the manga; or it could be the rural kidsВ who like to keep things realistic..."В
Between grades one andВ twelve, my daughter Ann was a "special education" student. (That was theВ language used when Ann was young.)В Ann learned to read in first grade.В She became not only an "avid reader," but a "life-long reader," as well.MostВ recently Ann read Ted Kennedy's autobiography, and currentlyshe's reading theВ new biography about Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. While Ann was a girl, IВ noticed that the books suggested by teac hers and
other librarians to specialВ ed students were definitely "reluctant reader" books, even series. TheseВ novels were, andthey were action packed, featuring - for example - youngВ teens who were juvenile delinquents or drug users. There was an assumptionВ that kids who were "challenged readers" or otherwise "reluctant" to read forВ pleasure will want to read about kids in trouble or troubledkids.
OneВ of my former school library positions was in Newton, Massachusetts. It was aВ dream job with a bevy of high-powered volunteers in an absolutely terrificВ public school and a student population including black students bussed toВ school daily from Boston.There was abundant funding for me to developВ specialized book andmedia collections, one of which was a "Black Studies
Collection."В I remember a day when one of the students from Boston askedВ me to recommend a book she could check out to read over the weekend. I eagerlyВ showed her two or three of the newest books in the Black Studies shelves. SheВ looked me in the eye and quietly said, "Mrs. Kruse, I really prefer
to readВ fantasies. Do you have any fantasies to recommend to me?"
Sherry, IВ can't be certain that rural kids "like to keep things realistic," that onlyВ suburban kids take to the manga, or that urban students prefer
urbanВ fiction.В Because of the experiences I’ve described, because I once wentВ to a one-room school myself, and because as an adult I've lived in smallВ towns, urban & suburban neighborhoods and the city of Madison, I'm aВ reluctant librarian when it comes to trying to define, nail down or even labelВ who any of our young readers actually are.В
Cordially, Ginny
Ginny Moore Kruse
_gmkruse_at_wisc.edu_ (mailto:gmkruse@wisc.edu) Emeritus Director,В Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC), School of Education, University ofВ Wisc onsin - MadisonВ
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Apolog ies From: Ginny Moore Kruse Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:10:13 -0600 X-Message-Number: 2
My apologies for sending a messageabout reluctant readers to the CCBC-Net community. It was intended to t he ALA/ALSC listserv.
Cordially, Ginny
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