From pushups to angel's wings : great things happen when boys read

Shaffer, Michael (Michael Byran) (author.). Jefferson, Ruth, 1949- (author.).

Summary: "This is a book directed at those who work with boys and young men and are trying to develop a culture of reading among those boys and young men"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781475863857
ISBN: 1475863853
ISBN: 9781475863864
ISBN: 1475863861
ISBN: 9781475863871
Physical Description: print
xvii, 105 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Authors' Note -- Foreword -- Chapter 1: For the Love of Tommy -- Chapter 2: Scraping Off Gum and Digging Up Pennies -- Chapter 3: Of Books and Baseball and Baby Possums -- Chapter 4: The Reading Angel -- Chapter 5: If YOU Build It . . . -- Chapter 6: . . . They Will Come -- Chapter 7: Big Stan and the Red Fern -- Chapter 8: Phonics, Participation, and Perfect Practice -- Chapter 9: What's Barnes and Noble Anyhow? -- Chapter 10: Tombstones and Tough Guys -- Chapter 11: All That and a Bag of Chips -- Chapter 12: Yeah, But What About THIS Test? -- Chapter 13: What DO Boys Like to Read Anyway: The Farris Study -- Chapter 14: It's GO Time! -- References -- About the Authors.