The authors present a unique framework of research-based strategies for building reading self-efficacy by focusing on four important concepts: confidence, independence, metacognition, and stamina.
Kids who struggle with reading often avoid books altogether, so it can be especially hard to interest them in reading for pleasure.
AdLit.org's themed booklists, prepared by our literature advisor Jamie Watson, will help you find books to engage even the most reluctant readers. Sometimes it just takes one great book to turn a kid into a reader!
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