Welcome to Guys Read
Welcome to Guys Read, a web-based literacy program for boys. Our mission is to help boys become self-motivated, lifelong readers.
Research shows that boys are having trouble reading, and that boys are getting worse at reading. No one is quite sure why. Some of the reasons are biological. Some of the reasons are sociological.
But the good news is that research also shows that boys will read — if they are given reading that interests them.
So the biggest part of this site is the collection of book titles below. These are books that guys have told us they like.
Our idea is to help guys become readers by helping them find texts they want to read.
Get in there and start looking around. There is a little something for everyone.
And please help guys out by recommending more of your guy-favorites.
Listening to books is reading too.
Audiobooks let readers explore stories they might not otherwise try to read.
Audiobooks help readers pronounce words and feel the pace of storytelling.
Audiobooks offer a way to enjoy a story in a different way.
Go to Guys Listen to find (and recommend) audiobooks guys like.
June 2010
Miracle Wimp
Erik P. Kraft
The story of a year in Tom Mayo’s high school career. Shop class, flag football, pickle spears and coffee. Funny, short, and true chapters. Even funnier illustrations. Erik P. Kraft is a writer/illustrator more readers should know. (His Lenny and Mel books are worth looking for too.)
Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Subsitute
Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Looking for a fast, funny graphic novel series? Look no further. Lunch Lady is here. And she is all that and more.
SPACEHEADZ Have Landed!
Spaceheadz Book #1 hits stores (and the 42nd Street branch of the NYPL) tomorrow.
Three aliens invade Brooklyn . . . disguised as two 5th graders . . . and the class hamster.
So much more to tell.
Only you can save the world. Be SPHDZ.
Posted by Jon on Monday, June 21, 2010
