Practitioners often ask how they can find books, poetry, or even simple paragraphs that relate to adult interests and issues.  I have added a few resources to the Reading section of the ALE Wiki*, but I realize this is a very incomplete list.  I wondered if we might pool our collective knowledge to create a "go to" list for the field. I'm envisioning this list being a list of collections of resources rather than a list of individual titles.  If you know of a site that already provides such a list, please let me know and I'll just create a link to it from the wiki instead of recreating the wheel:).  

If you are interested in contributing to the list I've started, please do the following:

1)  Go to the Reading section of the ALE Wiki.  Shortcut:  http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Reading.
2)  Scroll to the bottom of the page to find the section Finding Materials for Adult Readers.
3)  Add to or revise the current list.

To edit the page, you need to be registered on the ALE Wiki.  If you are not registered, take just a minute to complete a simple process.  Click on "create an account or log in" at the top of any web page in the wiki. Fill in the information required (username, password, etc.).

Once you are registered, log in.  Then go to the page you want to edit and click on "edit" at the top of the page.  Type your comments, select the "Show preview" button at the bottom of the page to see what they look like and then, when you like how they look, select the "Save page" button.

If you need help or want to send an idea, question, or comment directly to me, you may contact me at atrawick at charter.net .  Or, you can post directly to the discussion list.  

Thank you in advance for your great ideas!

Amy 

Amy R. Trawick
Reading Topic Leader
ALE Wiki  http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Main_Page

*What is the ALE Wiki?
The Adult Literacy Education(ALE) Wiki is a free, online environment for practitioners, researchers, adult learners and others who are interested in the connections between research, professional knowledge, and practice in adult basic education, adult secondary education, and English language learning. Like other wikis*, this is a text environment where one can read what others have written, but also easily contribute one's own knowledge, opinions, findings, and observations. The ALE Wiki includes discussions and resources on a number of topics ranging from adult basic literacy, to assessment, workforce and workplace education, and public policy. In the topic areas are selected discussions which have taken place on electronic lists, summaries of these discussions, links to relevant research, research citations, bibliographies, glossaries of terms, and other resources. 
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