By Lori Calabrese
Need help finding age appropriate and interest-appropriate books for your son? There is a great site called Book Adventure that can lead you in the right direction of what your son can read next.
If you’re not sure what book you want your son to read, just visit this easy-to-use online search tool, created by Sylvan Learning.
From the Book Adventure Website:
“Using Book Adventure, young readers not only receive the intrinsic satisfaction of reading a book and demonstrating their comprehension through short quizzes, but also earn rewards for reading and demonstrating comprehension of the books they’ve read. Research has shown that providing extrinsic incentives can build a love of reading that lasts a lifetime. Book Adventure is the first Web-based, organization dedicated exclusively to motivating children to read using a technology platform.”
To find books, use the Web site’s pull-down menus to select grade level, reading level, fiction or non-fiction, and up to five genres. You can also search by author, title, or ISBN–just click on the orange “Search” star (all with the encouragement of Bailey the pink-nosed dog and other cartoon friends). The handy “5 Finger Test” will help kids to determine whether a book they’ve chosen is too hard for them. Children who are serious about reading tons of books will relish the challenge of tackling Sylvan’s entire list of 7,000 recommended titles, available in either HTML or Excel format by clicking on “Book List” (found on the right of the homepage).
Read a report by Gail Junion-Metz in School Library Journal, 6/30/2009
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About the Author: Lori Calabrese is the award-winning children’s author of The Bug That Plagued the Entire Third Grade. To learn more about Lori, and to sign up for the FREE Book Bugz Newsletter, please visit www.loricalabrese.com
