LibraryAware Singing The Reluctant Reader Blues

Well, hello.Well, hello.

My name is Suzanne, and while I am new to Book Squad, I have worked at NoveList for four years as a Metadata Librarian, focused mostly on cataloging juvenile materials, graphic novels, and audiobooks. I volunteer regularly at my kids' school media center, so I get to see first-hand what you deal with on a daily basis. I am so very happy to be writing for School KidLit - I have the best job EVER!

Please let me know how I can help you!

Suzanne

(just finished reading Shannon and Dean Hale's

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: 2 Fuzzy, 2 Furious)

Suzanne and Cecil,

the oldest of her children

I still have reluctant readers.

We know, we know. We all have them, and sadly no one has found a magic formula to reach all of them. As a school media specialist, you're stuck between teachers who need kids to read specific titles or genres, and students who are so tired of reading what's required that they don't want to read for pleasure.

We hope we don't disappoint you, but we don't have a magic formula either. However, NoveList has fantastic tools, like articles and lists, that you can search for to specifically address the issue.

Yours in reading,

Suzanne

For your reluctant readers

Younger patrons may be looking for either books they can read independently or books they can read with an adult. This flyer hits on both, but you can easily modify it in LibraryAware to swap for your own titles or to feature only picture books or books for independent readers.

Help middle grade reluctant readers choose their next read with this printable flyer. While this flyer features multiple genres, you could make a flyer for each genre represented in your library or a flyer for readalikes for your library's most popular books.

As always, if you have LibraryAware, you can customize our flyers with your own titles.

Do you have students who are looking for a specific topic, but are only finding titles that are too difficult or too easy? Perhaps you have a popular book and are looking to fill in your collection with similar books at a specific reading level. If you are interested in finding titles for a specific reading level, you can use the following searches:

For Accelerated Reader interest level, use field code IL
For Accelerated Reader book level, use field code RD
For Lexile ranking, use field code LX

Of course, you can search by genre, subject, and/or appeal and include the reading level limiter. To find the complete list of field codes, click here.

**Many thanks to Lisa for selecting the titles on these flyers!

Until next time!

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