Publications

Beach, J. D. (In preparation). Guided Reasoning: Teaching all students to read critically. Book under contract to Jossey-Bass/Wiley, San Francisco.

Beach, J. D. (In preparation). When I hear a tale... A guide to story for children. Book under contract to Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall, Columbus, Ohio.

Beach, J. D. (2007, October). Comedy: Children’s literature’s hidden treasure. Manuscript submitted for publication in the Conference Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Reading, Berlin Germany [Paper originally presented at the conference in Berlin, August 2007].

Beach, J. D. (2007, September). Why don’t children read children’s literature? “Doing the math” with ALA and IRA “best” lists 1975 to 2005. Manuscript submitted for publication [Research report originally presented at the 21st World Congress of the International Reading Association in Budapest, Hungary, August 2006].

Beach, J. D. (2006). John D. Beach selects great books for New York City schools [catalog]. Staten Island, NY: School-Time Products (for Boyds Mills Press).

Beach, J. D. (2001, Summer). Ghost stories. Once upon a times: Newsletter of the IRA Storytellers Special Interest Group.

Beach, J. D. (2000, Summer). Stanza in tribute to James Whitcomb Riley. Once upon a times: Newsletter of the IRA Storytellers Special Interest Group.

Beach, J. D. (1999). Children and comedy [audiotape]. Newark, DE: International Reading Association / Mableton, GA: Audio Master.

Beach, J. D. (1997). Adult agendas versus “Children’s Choices” [audiotape]. Newark, DE: International Reading Association / Mableton, GA: Audio Master.

Beach, J. D. (1997). Nothing but the truth; A documentary novel. In F. N. Magill (Ed.), Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Literature Series, Supplement (pp. 910-912). Pasadena, CA: Salem Press.

Beach, J. D. (1997). Seasons of splendour; Tales, myths, and legends of India. In F. N. Magill (Ed.), Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Literature Series, Supplement (pp. 1110-1112). Pasadena, CA: Salem Press.

Beach, J. D. (1996). Digital storytelling. Oklahoma Territorial Tattler, 12 (2), 5.

Butler, A. (1994). What’s new in literacy?  New York: HarperCollins. Reprints Beach’s 1992 essay “New trends in an historical perspective: Literature’s place in language arts education” from Language Arts.

Beach, J. D. (1994, Spring). The field experience component in the children's literature course: Learning about literature from the child's perspective. The Reading Professor, 16, 26-35.

Combs, M., & Beach, J. D. (1994, March). Stories and storytelling: Personalizing the social studies. The Reading Teacher, 47, 464-471.

Beach, J. D. (1993, June). Comparing books and stories as an exemplary route to literacy through literature. Reading Horizons, 33, 379-388.

Beach, J. D. (1992, November). New trends in an historical perspective: Literature's place in language arts education. Language Arts, 69 (7), 550-556.

Beach, J. D. (1991, Fall). Comparing paired novels to learn the elements of fiction in the children's literature course. The Reading Professor, 14 (1), 23-27.

Mason, J. M., & Au, K. H. (1990). A process approach to report writing [cites and discusses Beach's 1983 study "Teaching students to write informational reports"]. In J. M. Mason & K. H. Au, Reading instruction for today (2nd ed., pp. 163-168). New York: HarperCollins.

Beach, J. D. (1989). Bookbeat. Doors to the world of wonder: Current fantasy books for pre-school to high school. New England Reading Association Journal, 25 (3), 28-34.

Beach, J. D. (1983). Teaching students to write informational reports. The Elementary School Journal, 84, 213-220.