Teri S. Lesesne

Looks at ways educators can help preteens develop and maintain an interest in reading.

Uncovering what Tweens Need to Become Lifelong Readers

Naked Reading

Provides a guide to encouraging reading in teenagers and young adults, focusing on knowing the readers, the books, and the strategies for motivating students to read and assess their reading.

The Right Book for the Right Reader at the Right Time, Grades 4-12

Making the Match

Encourages teachers to use reading ladders to start their students with the authors, genres, or subjects they like then connect them to book after book, each a little more complex or challenging than the last.

Leading Students from where They are to where We'd Like Them to be

Reading Ladders

Young Adult Library Services Association

Rosemary Chance

A guide for librarians containing profiles of twenty young adult books that are often challenged by parents, presenting plot summaries, lists of reviews, and discussions of each book's controversial issues. Also provides the ALA Library Bill of Rights and explains how to write a book rationale.

Teri S. Lesesne

Books

Your next favorite book is out there