Jones, P., & Fiorelli, D. C. (2003). Overcoming the Obstacle Course: Teenage Boys and Reading. Teacher Librarian, 30(3), 9.
This article addresses the difficulty of reading among teenage boys in the U.S. Jones and Fiorelli summarize the current research that explains the reading and non-reading habits of boys. In it, they list suggestions about the following topics:
- What boys see as obstacles
- What the teacher-librarian can do
- Building a guy-friendly collection
- Twenty great fiction books for grade 7 boys
- And a collection of success stories from teacher-librarians.
- They also provide references to 30 sources where we can delve deeper into this topic.
Evaluation: The issue of boys not reading is one that has been troubling me and should be one that all secondary teacher librarians should be addressing. This resource provides valuable information that can kickstart a librarian's effort to increase readership of adolescent boys. This allows us to take immediate action.
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