Talk that Book! Booktalks to Promote Reading

By Carol Littlejohn

By offering over 300 successful booktalks for librarians, teachers, and parents, Littlejohn shows how to effectively "hook" reluctant readers onto books. The booktalks are divided into three reading levels: elementary, middle school, and high school/adult, and range from recently published books to Newbery award winners to books that have endured the test of time. Helpful hints abound, from adding spice to your booktalks to ways of measuring a booktalk's success through library circulation and student surveys. The title, author, subject, and genre indexes will be most helpful for planning your next booktalk

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0938865757
• ISBN13: 9780938865759
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Linworth Publishing
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.6" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

TALK THAT BOOK is the perfect link for school librarians!

TALK THAT BOOK is the perfect link for school librarians and students! Ms. Littlejohn has built a bridge between the books and readers. As the Head Librarian at St. Maur International School in Yokohama, Japan it is my responsibility to connect the students with the latest and greatest books available, and TALK THAT BOOK helps me "talk those books right off the shelves." This book features an author index, title index, genre index and selected subject index to point you and your readers to that perfect read.

Great resource for teachers and librarians!

Teachers and librarains as well as parents will enjoy the picturesque format, comparable categories and entertaining summaries of outstanding literature for preschoolers to high schoolers. Highly recommended for ideas for the reluctant readers.

Fantastic Format

As an aspiring teacher, I found Ms. Littlejohn's book extremely helpful in preparing a summer reading list for my students. Also, the format of the book is both unique and insightful. The entire book talk is on one page, sectioned off in a way that makes photocopying and pasting the "talk" onto the back of a notecard a breeze. For those of us not comfortable giving book talks, this book is a blessing!!