Crossover Books for Teens and Adults
We took titles, genres, and authors that already have crossover appeal and created booklists that have adult and YA readalikes. We created this document for DLS Day 2010.
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View ArticleReader's Advisory Tools for Adult Readers: A Five Year Retrospective
Mary K. Chelton, Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College, Flushing NY, 11367 mchelton@optonline.net A comprehensive list of Adult RA tools including print and...
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View ArticlePoem for Charleston Five Year Old
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View ArticleResources to Encourage Reading with The Library 100 List
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View Article10 Year Challenge Book Display
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View ArticleBook and Library-related Podcasts
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