The Read-Aloud Handbook

by Trelease, Jim (Author)

• ISBN13: 9780141001616
• ISBN10: 0141001615
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Alloybooks

Summary

For more than two decades, millions of parents and educators have turned to Trelease's beloved classic to help countless children become avid readers through awakening their imaginations and improving their language skills. Now this new edition imparts the benefits, rewards, and importance of reading aloud to children of a new generation.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
Why Read Aloud?	1	(27)
When to Begin Read-Aloud	28	(32)
The Stages of Read-Aloud	60	(39)
The Do's and Don'ts of Read-Aloud	99	(7)
Sustained Silent Reading: Reading-Aloud's Natural Partner	106	(37)
Libraries: Home, School, and Public	143	(26)
Lessons from Oprah, Harry, and the Internet	169	(25)
Television	194	(20)
How to Use the Treasury	214	(4)
Treasury of Read-Alouds	218	(115)
Wordless Books	219	(1)
Predictable Books	220	(2)
Reference Books	222	(1)
Picture Books	223	(47)
Short Novels	270	(14)
Full-Length Novels	284	(39)
Poetry	323	(4)
Anthologies	327	(3)
Fairy and Folk Tales	330	(3)
Appendix A: A Note for Doomsayers Who Think Things Have Never Been Worse	333	(7)
Appendix B: Internet Sites for Children's Literature and Education	340	(9)
Notes	349	(24)
Bibliography	373	(6)
Subject Index for the Text	379	(16)
Author-Illustrator Index for the Treasury	395