Reluctant Readers

Find out how other parents have successfully encouraged their reluctant readers to read and share how you helped your reluctant reader to become more interested in reading.

Find out about ways in which you can encourage your reluctant reader, sources of advice, and information about selecting books.

This reading list of books that will appeal to reluctant readers consists of high interest books that are under 200 pages long.

The hi-lo reading lists are for kids and teens who are reluctant readers because they read below grade level and are unable to find books that interest them that they can read. Hi-lo books are books at the reader's interest level ("hi" stands for "high interest") but written at a lower reading level ("lo" stands for "low readability,""low...

Here are five tips for encouraging reluctant readers.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series - Here's an overview of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series that have proven to be so popular with reluctant readers. Tweens and young teens, grades 4-8, have made this series by Jeff Kinney enormously popular.

This booklist of Hi-Lo books for upper elementary grades comes from the Association for Library Services to Children School-Age Programs and Services Committee and is a reading list for reluctant readers in grades 3-6.

UK publisher Barrington Stoke books, which publishes books for reluctant, dyslexic, disenchanted and under-confident readers, has helpful advice for parents in this PDF brochure that you can download.

If you are looking for booklists to suit a variety of interests, check out this site. These lists are for reluctant readers who read well but don't like to read because they haven't found books that interest them.

This publisher specializes in high interest/low reading level nonfiction books, which are often used in classrooms. The books are written for grades 2-3 and grades 3-4 reading levels, with content of interest to students in the fifth grade and higher.

Here's advice on what to look for when choosing a book in terms of content and appearance, including print size, from the UK's The Word Pool.

How to keep your reluctant readers reading after they have been hooked by the Harry Potter books.

In this brief article, Hilary Williamson shares her personal experience in encouraging her son to read.

The Orca Soundings series features teen fiction for reluctant readers. While the interest level is ages 12+ the reading levels range from grade 2.0 to grade 4.5. All of the books are Accelerated Reader (AR) selections, and teacher's guides are available for most of the books.

Reading Rockets is dedicated to providing "information about teaching kids to read and helping those who struggle." It contains downloadable teachers' and family guides, articles, tips, and more.

The Great Schools site provides tips to encourage children who are reluctant readers to read.

Education World recommends these sports biographies for the reluctant reader grades 3-6 who loves basketball.

Tea Leaf Press has several high interest, low reading level series for upper elementary to middle school and higher students who read at the grade 3-5 level. The Deer Lake series for students in grades 4-5 has a grade 3 reading level. The Bayview High series is for students in grades 7 and up who are reading at the grade 5 level. The humorous Nate's Journal series is for students in grades 4-6, with a grade 3 reading level.