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An Annual Magazine for Educators
Volume 1 • Issue No. 1
ReachingReluctantReaders
New Teacher’s Guides forStruggling and Reluctant Readers Articles by Noted Authors:Terry Brooks, Billy Collins,Firoozeh Dumas, Nancy Rawlesand Brian StrauseUsing Graphic Novels,
 Manga
, Audiobooks,Gaming & MoreReading Excerptsfrom New Titles
Focus On:
 
Contents
GENRE/MEDIA OFFERINGS
. . .
55
Nothing Beats a Good Story: Using the Worksof Louis L’Amour with Reluctant Readers 
by James Blasingame . . .
56
Graphic Novels: A New Art Form
by Chris Schluep . . .
64
Graphic Novels: Books that Matter 
by Dr. Rocco Versaci . . .
67
Reading Manga, or How I Learned toStop Worrying and Just Love Reading 
by Dallas Middaugh . . .
70
Weave a Good Tale with Dungeons & Dragons
®
  A brief overview of the game concept and history 
by Peter Berbergal . . .
77
What Thrasher Magazine Means to Me 
by Ryan Henry . . .
84
 Young Adult Audiobooks: The Audio Answerfor Reluctant Readers 
by Tim Ditlow . . .
87
 Audiobooks & Literacy: An Educator’s Guideto Utilizing Audiobooks in the Classroom 
by Dr. Frank Serafini . . .
90
The Reluctant Reader, GamingEnvironments, and the Future ofTeaching and Learning 
by Kate Wittenberg . . .
93READING EXCERPTS
. . .
101CONTRIBUTORS
. . .
2 TEACHER TALK 
. . .
4 TEACHER’S GUIDES
. . .
5
“You Got More of These?”Re-engaging Adolescent Readersand Writers with Meaningful Texts
 
by Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher . . .
7
Generating Enriched Literacy Experiencesfor Older English Language Learners 
by Dr. R. Cipriani-Sklar . . .
14
Consider the Classics: Time-Tested Titles forEven the Most Reluctant Readers
by Rebecca Shapiro . . .
18 
Winning Back Your Reluctant Readers
 
by Pat Scales . . .
20
Ten Ways to Build a Reluctant Reader Library 
by Monique Delatte and Deborah Anderson . . .
26
Booktalking: Get Your Reluctant Readers to Listen Up! 
by Terrence Young, Jr., M.Ed., M.L.S. . . .
28  AUTHOR ARTICLES
. . .
29
Fantasy: Why in the WorldDo Kids Read This Stuff?
by Terry Brooks . . .
31
When Reading Ain’t Natural:My Jim, A “Talking” Novel
by Nancy Rawles . . .
38 
“It Doesn’t Take a Miracle. . .” 
by Brian Strause . . .
40
Poetry Rocks: Inspire Your Studentswith Dazzling Poetry Selected by America’s Best-Loved Poet Laurete 
by Billy Collins . . .
43
 A Spoonful of Humor Gets the Pages Turning
by Firoozeh Dumas . . .
51
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Cover and Interior Designed by Timothy Shaner. Cover Image © Corbis. Printed in the U.S.A.
RANDOM HOUSE, INC
. Academic Dept., 7-4, 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019e-mail: highschool@randomhouse.com tel.: 212-782-8482Visit our website at: www.randomhouse.com/highschool
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 A Note From Your Friends at Random House
RHI: Reaching Reluctant Readers
 
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“Kids say that the #1 reason why they do not read moreis because they cannot find books they like to read.”
—
Kids and Family Reading Report
(June 2006), Scholastic/Yankelovich
T
he quote above presents a deceptively simple observation of a trulycomplex challenge: understanding and countering students’ reluctanceto read. When students claim they cannot find the right book to read,what factors determine whether any given book is “right”? Don’t tastesand suitability vary from student to student? Just how
do
adults help studentsfind, and actually read, the “right” books?
 With these questions in mind, we welcome you to
RHI 
(forRandom House, Inc., naturally!), the premier issue of amagazine for educators. As the cover states, thisissue focuses on reaching reluctant readers.~More and newer forms of enter-tainment, media, and distractionsvie constantly for students’ time;ultimately their attention is divertedfrom reading. As
RHI 
’s contributorsexplain, however, many of your students’extracurricular activities—reading comicbooks, listening to CDs, even playing video-games—need not be interests to be combated:they can instead become special opportunities,to be used as springboards to reading.Each section of 
RHI 
is introduced by adifferent member of our department—albeitvia a superhero alter ego! Even with all of our special powers (does speed-readingcount?), we cannot succeed in rescuing reluctant readers alone. Each section of this magazine therefore includes articles full of advice, instruction, experiences,and recommendations from leading authors, educators, librarians, editors, andother experts: professionals who either work with young people or produceliterature or other materials for them. Their advice and ideas will help youmake use of your students’ interests in various media to spark a lifelonginterest in reading. We hope that
RHI 
offers some new and helpful information andideas. If you dog-ear this magazine, write in it, and use it as you seefit, we will be gratified. This issue of 
RHI 
was meant for you, theeducator; it is our contribution to your efforts to reach your reluctant readersand to eliminate that “#1 reason,” that barrier to their reading success.
P.S. All of the Random House, Inc. books mentioned throughout
RHI 
mayeasily be ordered via the order form found in the center of the magazine.
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