Booktalks Bookwalks and Read-Alouds

Encourage elementary and middle school readers to read quality titles pertaining to subjects from across the curriculum. This guide features recently published (1998-2001) fiction and nonfiction titles that are either award winners written by award-winning authors positively reviewed in national reading advocacy journals or representative of an emerging trend in children''s literature. Each booktalk entry consists of bibliographic data a plot summary a short booktalk curriculum connections and identification of related books. TOPICS INSIDE: Relationships coming of age sports art music dance holidays adventure science math social studies and others.