Presents ten archetypal males from selected literature and recommends strategies for classrooms and media centers to engage boy readers in positive archetypal literature.

Product Description: Scary, Gross, and Enlightening: Books for Boys Grades 3-12 is the helpful new reference handbook for educators looking for just the right books to captivate the imaginations of boys in a way that makes reading fun as well as effective...read more

Product Description: Pre-adolescent boys are nearly invisible in libraries. With ever-increasing electronic amusements, how can books and the library compete for their attention? It can be done, according to librarian and educator Michael Sullivan. In Connecting Boys with Books, he provides the tools that librarians, school library media specialists, and educators need to overcome cultural and developmental challenges, stereotyping, and lack of role models that essentially program boys out of the library...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Looks at how literacy affects the development of boys as readers and includes strategies to help boys select reading material and develop their literary potential. (view table of contents)

Lists and describes books and movies that will positively impact the development of young boys, highlighting important ethical lessons and offering character-shaping experiences.

Product Description: BOOKS THAT WILL MAKE BOYS WANT TO READ!Parents, grandparents, teachers, and librarians--we need a tool that guides us to the books that will inspire boys to read and keep them coming back for more. Now Kathleen Odean, a former member of the Caldecott and Newbery Award committees and author of the groundbreaking bestseller Great Books for Girls has compiled and annotated a unique collection of more than six hundred books--picture books, novels, mysteries, biographies, sports books, and more--that will fascinate and educate boys...read more