Reading the Covers off Nancy Drew: What Readers Say about Series Books.

Ross, Catherine

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ERIC Number: EJ546293

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1997

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Reading the Covers off Nancy Drew: What Readers Say about Series Books.

Ross, Catherine

Emergency Librarian, v24 n5 p19-22 May-Jun 1997

Examines the readers' perspective on series books for children/adolescents based on 142 interviews of people who read for pleasure. Concludes that public and school librarians should help develop literacy by encouraging free voluntary reading, rather than automatically condemning series books. (AEF)

Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Childrens Literature, Fiction, Interviews, Library Materials, Library Role, Literacy, Public Libraries, Reading Interests, Reading Materials, School Libraries, Users (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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