The Read-Aloud Handbook
A New York Times and million copy bestseller, the classic handbook on reading aloud to children—revised and updated\ Recommended by “Dear Abby”, The New York Times and The Washington Post, for three decades, millions of parents and educators have turned to Jim Trelease's beloved classic to help countless children become avid readers through awakening their imaginations and improving their language skills. Now this new edition of The Read-Aloud Handbook imparts the benefits, rewards, and...
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For more than two decades, millions of parents and educators have turned to Jim Trelease's beloved classic to help countless children become avid readers through awakening their imaginations and improving their language skills. Now this new edition of The Read-Aloud Handbook imparts the benefits, rewards, and importance of reading aloud to children of a new generation. Supported by delightful anecdotes as well as the latest research, The Read- Aloud Handbook offers proven techniques and strategies—and the reasoning behind them— for helping children discover the pleasures of reading and setting them on the road to becoming lifelong readers.Publishers WeeklyThe newly revised and updated fifth edition of The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease uses his trademark Q&A format to address such issues as television, library funding and the Harry Potter phenomenon. A "Treasury of Read-Alouds" in the back of the book suggests starting points for parents. (Sept.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1Why Read Aloud?12When to Begin Read-Aloud273The Stages of Read-Aloud604The Dos and Don'ts of Read-Aloud1065Read-Aloud Success Stories1136Home, School, and Public Libraries1397Television1638Sustained Silent Reading: Reading-Aloud's Natural Partner1939How to Use the Treasury22410Treasury of Read-Alouds229Wordless Books229Predictable/Cumulative Books231Picture Reference Books233Picture Books234Short Novels285Novels300Poetry331Anthologies337Fairy and Folk Tales342Appendix: A Note for Doomsayers Who Think Things Have Never Been Worse347Notes353Bibliography374Subject Index for the Text378Author-Illustrator Index for the Treasury383
\ From Barnes & NobleThe fifth edition of Jim Trelease's Read-Aloud Handbook brings this oral-reading classic into the digital age. Completely revised and updated, the handbook includes a new chapter on what parents and educators can learn from the advent of Oprah's Book Club, the Harry Potter mania, and the Internet explosion. A fine resource for book lovers.\ \ \ \ \ Publishers WeeklyThe newly revised and updated fifth edition of The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease uses his trademark Q&A format to address such issues as television, library funding and the Harry Potter phenomenon. A "Treasury of Read-Alouds" in the back of the book suggests starting points for parents. (Sept.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.\ \ \ Children's LiteratureJim Trelease is a national treasure for his dedicated commitment to promoting the value of books in a child's life and the importance of parents reading to their children. The Read-Aloud Handbook is a rich, informative work with many anecdotal success stories of parents, businessmen, schools, libraries and even states that have been inspired by Jim's message to take action. His comments on comic books, fairy tales, TV, censorship, Sustained Silent Reading, and the "Good News and Bad" about students' achievements make this required reading. The treasury of great read-alouds has been expanded and updated.\ \ \ \ \ Library JournalRevising his 1985 edition, Trelease preaches the reading gospel with undiminished fervor. Updated evidence from scholarly and journalistic sources (50 percent post-1985) bolsters his case for reading aloud from infancy through adolescence. Trelease addresses parents, but directs considerable homiletic energy toward librarians, pediatricians, clergy, and above all, schools: a new chapter cites individual, state, and district ``success stories.'' There is a new list of ``predictable'' (i.e., cumulative or repetitive) books, and over 70 synopses are of books published 1985-89. Most choices are excellent. Wider in scope than parent guides like Eden R. Lipson's Parent's Guide to the Best Books for Children ( Times Bks., 1988), Michele Landsberg's Reading for the Love of It (LJ 11/15/87), or Betsy Hearne's Choosing Books for Children (LJ 5/1/81), Trelease's book covers a broader age range and is easier to use than Masha Rudman and Anna M. Pierce's For Love of Reading (Consumer Reports Bks., 1988). His enthusiasm is infectious, and his ``related readings'' suggestions are invaluable (and unique).-- Patricia Dooley, Univ. of Washington Lib. Sch. , Seattle\ \
