Naked Reading: Uncovering What Tweens Need to Become Lifelong Readers 1st Edition

If nothing else, the title should grab your attention! Teri Lesene gives stories about her granddaughter intermixed with sage advice for media specialists who are new to the profession as well as those who have worked in the media center for years. Full of ideas and ways to make the media center a better place to hook a student into reading.

I had the pleasure of hearing this author speak at a conference for librarians and reading teachers. She is witty and smart and has many great ideas about getting our kids to read! I recommend this book to any educator who struggles with finding books for students which will keep their attention, and to any parent who honestly wants a reading or book-loving child.

This book has some good reading lists. I can't say the information was really new. The lists of books for teens to read make it worthwhile.

A great book for a good price. It's very helpful for knowing how to reach some of my students

Very informative. Good for parents with school aged children.

This is a wonderful, easy to read reference with some great ideas. I've misplaced my copy and am considering buying a second one!

Naked Reading is a wonderful book for either someone teaching pre-service teachers or a teacher who has been in the "trenches" for a number of years. I may be marginally biased because I am mentioned in the book, but that does not negate the wonderful ideas that Lesesne presents. The book covers specific ways in which to excite students to read. The chapter on energizing tweens puts together what Lesesne calls T.A.R.G.E.T and like the book, this idea is right on "target" with ideas that are presented in an accessible manner for all who read the book. Many titles are mentioned throughout each chapter and an annotated bibliography is included.

I am a middle school media specialist, and I first borrowed this book from our professional library. But just as quickly as I began reading it I knew I had to buy my own copy. Lesesne covers so many of the topics I deal with on a daily basis, from the voracious reader who can't get enough books to the reluctant reader who hates being dragged into the media center. I think this book ought to be required reading for all English/language arts teachers, media specialists/librarians, and in a prefect world, parents too!

No complicated philosophies or complex theories, but a very direct way of explaining what a teacher can do to motivate children to read more and fall in love with reading. Frequent and helpful references to personal experience make the book more alive and make you feel - as a reader - that making others enjoy reading is more than possible!