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Do "Quick Picks" book covers appeal to middle school readers? The impact of covers on self-selection of fiction books in the middle school library setting.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Do "Quick Picks" book covers appeal to middle school readers? The impact of covers on self-selection of fiction books in the middle school library setting./
Author:	Jones, Leigh Ann.
Description:	180 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-04, Section: A, page: 1133.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International67-04A.
Subject:	Library Science. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3215110
ISBN:	9780542655395

Do "Quick Picks" book covers appeal to middle school readers? The impact of covers on self-selection of fiction books in the middle school library setting.
Jones, Leigh Ann.

Do "Quick Picks" book covers appeal to middle school readers? The impact of covers on self-selection of fiction books in the middle school library setting. - 180 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-04, Section: A, page: 1133.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Texas Woman's University, 2006.

Middle school students use a variety of methods to self-select fiction books in the school library setting. Among these are choosing the book by an appealing cover, the author, the genre, the cover blurb, the length, its place in a series, or by recommendation from a friend or librarian. By using the covers of the fiction books reviewed for sixth, seventh, and eighth graders of the 2005 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers list, this quantitative study sought to determine how book covers impact the self-selection strategies of middle school readers and whether specific aspects of the covers hold appeal to these students. The study also explored the relationship of grade, gender, and level of reading enjoyment on the selection of fiction books.

ISBN: 9780542655395Subjects--Topical Terms:

881164
Library Science.

Do "Quick Picks" book covers appeal to middle school readers? The impact of covers on self-selection of fiction books in the middle school library setting.
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520 $a A self-selected sample of 250 students from a north central Texas middle school completed an online questionnaire using covers from the 2005 Quick Picks list. Students indicated specific elements they liked and marked which of the 19 books they would check out based on merits of the cover alone. These readers specified how they usually choose fiction books in the school library and noted whether they love, like, or didn't like to read.
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