These books are fantastic resources for strategic reading instruction and reading workshop:

Strategies That Work
Teaching Reading in Middle School
Mosaic of Thought
Improving Comprehension with Think Aloud Strategies
Using Picture Books to Teach Literary Devices
Worth a Thousand Words: An Annotated Guide to Picture Books for Older Readers
Teaching with Picture Books in the Middle School

Related Links

Critically Looking at Picture Books
http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/criticalpicture.html

This article posted on Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site describes activities
teachers can use to make encounters with picture books more meaningful and enjoyable.
Specific picture books are highlighted that work well with the suggested activities.


Picture Books
http://picturingbooks.imaginarylands.org/#anatomy

Denise I. Matulka, America Reads coordinator at King Elementary School in Champaign,
Illinois, USA, developed and maintains this comprehensive website on children's picture
books. The site includes information on evaluating and using picture books for young and
older children, book lists, visual elements, artistic media, and numerous links.


Picture Books to use with Secondary Readers
http://www.srv.net/%7egale/worth.html

This website lists a variety of links to resources on books for older
readers in upper, middle, and secondary school.

http://www.provlib.org/teachers/bookcafe/picbooks.htm

This resource from the Providence Public Library, Providence, Rhode Island,
USA, lists picture books for older readers by author and by theme.


What does research say about reading?
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/stw_esys/str_read.htm

This article discusses old and new trends in reading instruction.

Learning to Read and Reading to Learn: Making them One
http://www.rif.org/coordinators/articles/reading_to_learn.mspx

This article supports using picture books to supplement instruction in all content areas.

http://www.reading.org/resources/issues/focus_adolescent_reading.html

This site suggests IRA books and articles that focus on adolescent literacy.