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This article gives tips to parents and educators dealing with reluctant readers. Includes: creating a reading spot, role modeling, and choosing the right books.

It can be challenging to get teens and tweens interested in reading, but there are books and authors that almost anyone will enjoy.

Books are vital to a child's education, and in developing social and life skills. Like any other skill, reading must be introduced, nurtured, and developed.

Andy Runton's wordless Owly graphic novels offer revolutionary ways of teaching comics and improving literacy for both willing and reluctant readers.

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is a hard sell to students, but if approached correctly, this classic can come alive for even the most reluctant readers.

Many children today have not learned to read for pleasure. Eight tips for writing chapter books that will appeal to reluctant readers and hook them on reading for life.

Thousands of boys and reluctant readers loved Diary of a Wimpy Kid. But they don't have to stop reading while they wait for the fourth Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

How do teachers reach unmotivated middle school students and reluctant readers? Read on to discover an exciting solution to this age-old dilemma.

Scholastic has launched a new series for young readers aimed at getting reluctant readers to pick up a book.

When looking for books for the non-reading child, keep an eye out for originality, quirkiness, and adventure.

Targeting a primary school-aged audience, Paul Stafford has brought together a collection of stories about 200 years of Australian characters and misfits.

Quick Reads provide entertaining reading for those who find it difficult to read, or people who simply want a short book to read in the time they have available.

Teen sleuth Trevor and friends Robyn and and Nick haunt the bobsleigh run at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, AB to solve a mystery of sabotaged sleds and counterfeiting.

Sam and his friends campaign to have the school team changed from "Lairds" to "Lard Butts". Their mischievous scheme has some startling (and touching) outcomes.

This is a deceptively simple novella, full of realistic characters with interesting dilemmas. It is a love story with a massive memorable twist.

This anthology of stories, history, facts, poetry, and DIY articles is sure to entice even the most reluctant readers.

Introduce Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with West Side Story and lesson plans that use contemporary music, humor, and art to make the Elizabethan bard's words come alive

Popular author Tom Birdseye reveals how great teachers helped awaken his writing talents.

Valentina de la Frou is the fifth in the Kingdom of the Frosty Mountains series written by Angela Woolfe under the pseudonym Emerald Everhart and published by Egmont.

Books about hockey are a great way to get young boys reading. These are the best books for boys with a focus on hockey and are sure to keep hockey fans hooked.

A fun adventure story that is perfect for pirate-lovers and reluctant readers.

This user-friendly manual by Patience Thomson will encourage and develop reading as an essential and, above all, enjoyable life skill.

The author of the best selling 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas', John Boyne, illustrates the love and loss experienced as part of growing up in his new novel 'The Dare'.

Sports books for boys are a great way to get reluctant readers hooked. These baseball books are popular books for boys ages 9, 10, 11 and 12.

Simple accommodations and modifications can help the child with a reading disability more successful during Read Across America.

Your sense of humour can be a draw card when you write for children. Read how four expert writers use humour to engage with their readers.

As kids enter into the third and fourth grades, parents may need to help them with more difficult reading. Here are some tips to promote the love of books in older kids.

Want to make money fast and attract girls? Turk's your man. But his dog-walking business goes awry when his muscle-bound locker neighbor muscles in on the action.

What's The Weather Inside? by Karma Wilson and illustrator Barry Blitt is a collection of funny and thoughtful poems for elementary kids ages 6 - 12.

Popular and pretty, Liberty enjoys being the center of attention and will do almost anything to get her way. Even stealing boyfriends and accusing a teacher of rape.

Work cards and performance forms help struggling students in a mixed ability class close their gaps in reading. Work cards enhance their pace, ability and interest.

Studying authors' lives and works helps students read with better understanding, write with more purpose, and realize that inspiration for both comes from daily life.

Teachers encourage regular reading, but reluctant teens may balk at the thought of diving into a book. Enticing reluctant readers requires high interest, relevant books.

Reading specialist Alethea Eason offers resources for creating effective literacy lessons.

Far from worrying about the amount of time children spend on the internet Wizz-e takes the refreshing approach of welcoming technology as a means to help children read

There is special value in exposing children to books which motivate the desire to read. Santa's Book of Names is one which does just that. Read it with a child any time!

Australian author, Sandy Fussell has created the perfect action series for elementary students. Full of humor, with characters that truly live up to the term 'heroic'.

A great book for reluctant readers, kids who love the fantasy genre, and video game players.

Over the summer, children may not want to read daily. Promoting reading at home can be difficult for parents but there are many fun activities to make reading enjoyable.

Children's literature is a vast field and there are many sub-genres that appeal to different age groups.

The Internet and books may be a magic combination as Disney Digital Books launches an interactive online children's book site for children.

A self-confessed adventurous spirit with an eye for mischief, Australian teen fiction author Jeni Mawter is also seriously passionate about connecting with young readers.

This selection of well written, entertaining books is packed with gifting ideas for boys and teens.

Described as 'a novel in cartoons,' Diary of a Wimpy Kid books by Jeff Kinney have become the new generation of comic books.

Instead of looking for books by grade level, students might be better served by looking for books at the Lexile reading level.

With new schemes aimed at getting boys into reading, here are some tips for mums to encourage reading at home, and ideas for schools to get boys into libraries.

Encourage kids into the library for reading, writing, learning and exploring with these inspiring ideas for creating a positive learning environment.

How to write a best selling chapter book for tweens that will make you a fortune.

Elementary adventure readers will love the Karito Kids girls, and parents and teachers will love the world cultures series that donates to charity.

Linda hides behind her nick in the school chat rooms, despite warnings from her friend Janet. The other chatters are fellow students. The chat rooms are safe. Right?