UK SLA latest Riveting Reads list : Everyone's reading (secondary level)

From the UK School Library Association website you can download a great booklist - Everyone’s Reading - which aims to provide information about titles which might attract and enthuse the whole range of pupils in secondary schools to read for pleasure.

The booklist is available online at http://www.everyonesreading.org.uk as a searchable database and also as a downloadable pdf version.

The 20 page introduction by Alec Williams is excellent - here is the start :

"Everyone’s Reading! Swim the whole length of this introduction – or dive in anywhere! Whichever place you start at, don’t forget to read the rest, afterwards...

• If you have some ready money and want to order from the booklist straight away... read Sections 2 and 3.
• If you want some general ideas about promoting reading for pleasure... read Sections 4 to 11.
• If you want some specific ideas on reaching target groups... read Sections 12 to 17 – but remember that these are less important than getting the overall ‘reading culture’ right!
• If you want to know about evaluation, and further help... read Sections 18 and 19.

Section 4 is called "What’s so good about reading?" and explores these ideas and more... Check it out !

• Reading is fun.
• Reading is unique.
• Reading makes you feel good.
• Reading helps you make sense of yourself.
• Reading connects children to each other.
• Reading is a creative act.
• Reading leads to learning.