TALS REVIEW

This type of value is inherently subjective because not everyone will enjoy the same kinds of stories, styles, or themes.

• Political Value

• Entertainment Value

• Cultural Value

• Ethical Value

Reading it gives occasion to think about the past, how things change overtime, and how the world has evolved into what it is today

• Political Value

• Entertainment Value

• Historical Value

• Philosophical Value

If a story dramatizes conflicts and dilemmas, it is not necessarily teaching us how to live, but it encourages us to contemplate the codes that the characters live by.

• Ethical Value

• Moral Value

• Political Value

• Artistic Value

Reading it gives occasion to think about the place and time of the author at the time the work was written.

• Political Value

• Cultural Value

• Ethical Value

• Entertainment Value

Reading it gives occasion to contemplate the nature of beauty and human creativity.

• Political Value

• Cultural Value

• Artistic Value

• Ethical Value

If reading it gives occasion to learn a lesson.

• Moral Value

• Political Value

• Cultural Value

• Ethical Value

They should be surrounded by titles that reflect the lives of themselves as well as their classmates. When students find titles with characters that look like them and families that resembles their own or their neighbors, their interest level increases.

• Motivation

• Ability to Relate to Students

• Thoughts and Feelings

• Literary Merit

This is the quality of the literature that makes it valuable enough.

• Motivation

• Thoughts and Feelings

• Literary Merit

• Ability to Relate to Students

Is the story or topic familiar or helpful?

• Content Accessibility

• Language Accessibility

• Genre Accessibility

• Visual Accessibilty

Are there abundant illustrations?

• Genre Accessibiliity

• Visual Accessibility

• Cultural Accessibility

• Content Accessibility