1. Krystina Kelley & Jenny McCracken Belle Valley School District, Belleville, IL

2. Motivates kids to read Increases comprehension Improves listening skills Demonstrates fluency Builds vocabulary Provides a spring board for discussion in a safe atmosphere Breaks up the monotony Builds lifetime readers FUN!

3. Fast-paced Can't be too long Lots of action Not too much dialog (unless you are really good at doing voices!) High interest topics Challenging material

4. Cunningham, Pat (2005). Struggling Readers: If they don't read much, how they ever gonna get good?. The Reading Teacher. 59, 88-90. Layne, Steven (2009). Igniting a Passion for Reading: Successful Strategies for Building Lifetime Readers. Portland: Stenhouse.