Report of interviews with librarians and bookstore owners on how they can work together to encourage young readers notes problem areas between the two groups such as competition, publisher discounts to bookstores, and the bookstore profit motive. Several examples of cooperative programs are described. (MES)

Describes the qualities of ideal literature teachers and literature programs. (MM)

Argues that Carson McCullers's novel "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" is a fine work of fiction which deals with problems, issues, and themes highly relevant to today's young adult milieu. (SR)

Suggests that the assumption that the more gold stars collected, the more books read, and the more books read, the better the literary experience. Notes the absence of genuine literary involvement in simply gathering gold stars for books read. (RS)

Recalls the author's wandering, drifting years growing up in the Hawaiian Islands. Discusses where fiction fits into the lives of adolescents. (RS)

Suggests practical ways to activate and build appropriate cognitive schema for understanding the classics via adolescent novels. Presents eight pairs of books, each pair an adolescent novel and a classic, on eight themes. Presents a brief discussion of each theme and each book, and a rationale for the pairing. (SR)

Presents annotations of 39 children's books, organized around the perspectives of exploring books to widen and sharpen children's experiences, discovering curriculum connections, revealing language and literature links, and experiencing literary and artistic elements. (SR)

Muses on whether a literature teacher's primary function is to instill an appreciation of literature in students or to involve students in the act of reading. (SR)

Identifies strategies that teachers may use to help younger and older students understand various types of plot structures and to relate those plot structures to characterization and theme. Lists 10 additional books that develop strong plot structures. (SR)

Discusses the use of literature in the television program "Beauty and the Beast." Suggests that, despite his inhuman appearance, the Beast has transcended the physical confinement of the tunnels and has traveled the universe of his imagination. (RS)

Describes how Mark Twain's essay "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses" helped students to get interested in writing and inspired them to write a similar essay critiquing the movie "Batman." Provides excerpts from students' essays. (PRA)

Discusses how reader response techniques, by bringing students together into interpretive communities, encourage students' real interactions with literary texts, and foster greater awareness of audience. (SR)

Details the successes of Ernest Raymond's novel "Tell England." Includes reviews of the book and details of the author's life. Discusses the reason's for the enormous success of the book, Raymond's treatment of the relationship between the young men, and his treatment of their deaths. (PRA)

Asserts that "The Changeover," by Margaret Mahy, is a fantasy of opposites which try to explain the feminine psyche and the universe. Shows how Mahy weaves Maori animism, pre-Hellenic moon mythology, Christianity, Jungian psychology, and modern science into one rich human tapestry of thought. (PRA)

Provides 14 high school teachers' responses the question, "Who is your favorite writer of detective fiction?" Finds that Tony Hillerman is the most popular. Features other favorites such as Ellis Peters, Dorothy Sayers, Janwillem van de Wettering, James Melville, K. C. Constantine, Amanda Cross, Jane Langton, Ross MacDonald, Robert B.…