At Home
- Start a shelf of Guys Read books at home.
- Download the Guys Read stickers to identify books.
- Make a time and place for purely recreational reading.
- Vote on Guys Read website for your favorites. Recommend more.
- Get two copies of the same book to read with your guy. Compare thoughts.
- Read aloud with your guy.
- Talk about the worst book you ever read.
- Make reading fun, not an assignment.
In the Classroom
- Download stickers and make a Guys Read classroom library.
- Have a classroom discussion about boys and girls and reading.
- Expand your definition of reading to include humor, non-fiction, graphic novels . . .
- Organize a faculty meeting about Boys and Reading.
- Make a time and place for 30 minutes of Independent Reading.
- Re-examine your Required Reading lists. Make sure to include guy-friendly books.
- Invite dads and uncles and working guys into the classroom to read as male role models.
- Allow non-fiction, humor, and graphic novels as reading.
- Consider boys learning styles and preferences in reading assigments.
- Offer choice in required readings.
At the Library
- Start a GUYS READ book club, led by guys (like Hennepin County Library)
- Solicit local businesses to fund your GUYS READ program specifically.
- Supply the alternative reading that boys don’t often get in school—magazines, websites, non-fiction, humor, horror, war, how-to . . .
- Be the spot where boys can explore all kinds of reading.
- Appoint boys as helpers. Give them books to review. Ask what they like.
- Make a GUYS READ section of books.
- Review your Recommended Reading Lists to include guy-friendly titles.
At a Bookstore
- Make a GUYS READ window display of guy-friendly books.
- Start a GUYS READ club.
- Have boys and men make recommendations, write some of your reviews.
- Include boy-friendly books in your lists.
- Hand out free GUYS READ bookmarks, posters, stickers.
- Dedicate a table or shelf to GUYS READ titles.
- Offer 2 for 1 promotions: 2 copies of the same book that a boy and dad can read together.
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