[AAACE-NLA] Books for adult emerging readers

[Guerriere, Carl]

I hope there is a qualified educator involved in this program somehow.
The fact that they are using Dr. Seuss books makes me very uneasy.  Well
intentioned people can do harm when they do not have the proper
background and/or materials.  Proliteracy's New Readers Press has age
and skill appropriate books.  800-448-8878
 

Carl Guerriere 
Executive Director/Literacy Advocate 
Greater Hartford Literacy Council 
One Union Place (New Street Address!) 
Hartford, CT  06103 
(860) 522-7323 (522-READ) 
www.greaterhartfordreads.org 
Fax: (860) 722-2486 
Reading. It takes you places. 

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[mailto:aaace-nla-bounces at lists.literacytent.org]On Behalf Of M C Smith
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Subject: [AAACE-NLA] Books for adult emerging readers


Hi,

Sorry to clog up the list with this question, but am seeking information
that I know many of you out there can provide. A colleague at another
institution has recently become involved in an adult literacy project
for a major sports venue, of all things (no, not the "idiots"* on the
BoSox). The ESL instructors are looking for appropriate books for
emerging adult readers, most of whom are non-English speakers. They are
presently using Dr. Seuss books. Can anybody point me towards some
age-appropriate resources that I can pass along to my colleague?

[* - Disclaimer: For those of you not following the baseball playoffs,
please don't be offended by my use of "idiots"--that's how the Red Sox
players have taken to referring to themselves. In the interests of
self-disclosure, however, I am a Yankees fan: Why not embrace
excellence!]

Thanks for your help!

Cecil Smith


M Cecil Smith, Ph.D.
Professor of Educational Psychology
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115-2854
(815) 753-8448
(815) 753-8750 (FAX)
mcsmith at niu.edu
www.cedu.niu.edu/~smith/

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