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The Read-Aloud Handbook

Seventh Edition

Jim Trelease

384 pages · Released Jun 25, 2013

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This is a parenting and educational handbook, not a children's book—it's designed for adults to learn how to read aloud to children. It contains no harmful content and instead offers research-backed advice, strategies, and anecdotes about fostering literacy and imagination. The book itself models the positive values it promotes: curiosity, the power of shared reading, and intentional parenting. This is a resource for caregivers rather than a title to assign a reading age to.

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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... 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 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.

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ISBN 9781101613863 · Penguin