BOYS and BOOKS

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BOYS and BOOKS

• Getting Guys to Read

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Research shows

• Boys generally prefer nonfiction
• Males stimulated by visuals more then females
• Males tend to read independently of peer group

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Boys generally prefer nonfiction

• Boys like to read for information
• Statistics, rankings, hierarchies, facts
• Like to export information into their own lives
• Jokes
• Body functions
• Physical activity (sports, warfare, etc.)
• Acting out is actually exporting info

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Males stimulated by visuals more then females

• Graphic literature/comic books
• Plans, maps, diagrams, blueprints
• Photographs, color, movement

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Males tend to read independently of peer group

• Males are less loyal than females to authors,
  characters, etc.
  
• At-risk readers need to feel personal connection
  with material (relevance to their personal
  lives)
  
• Males need vast array of choices in choosing
  leisure reading materials
  

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