Read All about It! : Great Read-Aloud Stories, Poems, and Newspaper Pieces for Preteens and Teens

by Trelease, Jim

• ISBN13: 9780140146554
• ISBN10: 0140146555
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-08-01
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

Summary

A treasury of fifty sensational read-aloud pieces for young adults. From Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass to Maniac Magee, sci-fi to op-ed, "Casey at the Bat" to a moving true story about the reunion of two Holocaust survivors, this wonderfully diverse collection of excerpts from newspapers, magazines, and books has been created by Jim Trelease especially to turn young people on to the many pleasures of reading. Here are thought-provoking columns from Mike Royko and Pete Hamill; excerpts from classics like To Kill a Mockingbird and "Rikki-tikki-tavi"; autobiographical sketches by Maya Angelou, Moss Hart, and others, highlighting the importance of reading in their lives; and much more. With selections representing many different cultures, genres, writing styles, and interests, Read All About It! is a wonderful introduction to the riches of literature and to a lifetime of reading.

Author Biography

Jim Trelease is the editor of two anthologies, Read All About It! and Hey! Listen to This, and the author of the one that started it all, The Read-Aloud Handbook. His writing has appeared in the New York Times and the Washington Post.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
GROWING PAINS
Maniac Magee	3	(9)
Jerry Spinelli
Aunt Millicent	12	(17)
Mary Steele
Broken Chain	29	(11)
Gary Soto
Four Miles to Pinecone	40	(5)
Jon Hassler
Miracle at Clement's Pond	45	(8)
Patricia Pendergraft
Object Lesson	53	(14)
Ellery Queen
To Kill a Mockingbird	67	(15)
Harper Lee
Thank You, Ma'am	82	(11)
Langston Hughes
ANIMAL TALES
A Blue-Eyed Daisy	93	(6)
Cynthia Rylant
A Day No Pigs Would Die	99	(6)
Robert Newton Peck
Good Old Boy: A Delta Boyhood	105	(9)
Willie Morris
Incident at Hawk's Hill	114	(17)
Allan Eckert
FANTASTIC TALES
When the Tripods Came	131	(12)
John Christopher
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar	143	(12)
Roald Dahl
CLASSICS
Rikki-tikki-tavi	155	(20)
Rudyard Kipling
Otto of the Silver Hand	175	(12)
Howard Pyle
Joseph: His Dream	187	(12)
Walter de la Mare
OLD CHESTNUTS
When Poetry (and Oratory) Was King	199	(13)
Casey at the Bat
Ernest Lawrence Thayer
Casey's Revenge	202	(10)
Grantland Rice
The Cremation of Sam McGee	212	(11)
Robert W. Service
CHILLING TALES
Fear	223	(7)
Rhys Davies
Who's Afraid?	230	(6)
Philippa Pearce
The Elevator	236	(8)
William Sleator
The Night Watchman	244	(8)
David Braly
The Ravine	252	(23)
Ray Bradbury
OUT TO THE BALL GAME
The Andy Strasberg Story as told to Mike Bryan	275	(10)
Trip to Fenway Drives Home the Truth---Right Off the Bat	285	(6)
Jim Trelease
ESCAPE READING
Mapping Escape Routes	291	(2)
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass	293	(10)
Frederick Douglass
Act One	303	(7)
Moss Hart
All the Strange Hours	310	(11)
Loren Eiseley
Alexander Dolgun's Story	321	(11)
Alexander Dolgun
Patrick Watson
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings	332	(13)
Maya Angelou
HISTORICAL FICTION
The December Rose	345	(10)
Leon Garfield
Sarah Bishop	355	(8)
Scott O'Dell
North to Freedom	363	(8)
Anne Holm
The Iceberg Hermit	371	(10)
Arthur Roth
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle	381	(14)
Avi
PAPER CLIPS
The Land of Wits, Sages, Oracles, Muckrakers, and Insiders	395	(3)
Wrong Mom? Tough!	398	(5)
Mike Royko
Nothing to Worry About and The Turtle	403	(8)
Jim Bishop
He Was No Bum	411	(6)
Bob Greene
The Yellow Handkerchief	417	(7)
Pete Hamill
I've Got Your Number	424	(4)
Robe Imbriano
Why Ali Loved Flag Burnings	428	(7)
Craig Nelsen
NONFICTION AS LITERATURE
Helping Hands	435	(13)
Brent Ashabranner
In the Pantry	448	(8)
Charles Panati
Power of the Powerless: A Brother's Lesson	456	(5)
Christopher de Vinck
Woodsong	461	(14)
Gary Paulsen
SURPRISE ENDINGS
Those Three Wishes	475	(4)
Judith Gorog
It Happened on the Brooklyn Subway	479	(10)
Paul Deutschman
Audio- and Videocassette Production Companies	489