Showing posts with label Read Aloud Instruction and Information. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Read Aloud Instruction and Information. Show all posts

They're Never Too Young for Books: A Guide to Children's Books for Ages 1 to 8

Title: They're Never Too Young for Books: A Guide to Children's Books for Ages 1 to 8
Author(s): McGovern, Edyth & Muller, Helen
Price: Varies (Out of Print)
Pages: 342
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Publisher Date: 1994
ISBN: 0879758589

World Cat Link: Here
Amazon Link: Here

Classification: Parenting/Literacy

Annotation: Packed with well over a thousand children’s titles, They're Never Too Young for Books, is a wonderful resource co-written by a librarian and a child development professor!

Evaluation: Covering the reasons why books affect children so positively (and why they are so greatly in need) both now in the future. It also presents titles divided by subjects and annotated for a more successful search. This book truly is an answer to almost any topic you may want to read and talk about with your child. It also has an entire section on how to have successful read-alouds and literacy enriching activities such as dramatic play and puppetry. Because it covers such a great age span (ages one to eight) it also included general expectations of different ages to consider when selecting titles. Though out of print, this book is readily available used or at libraries. I included links to both Amazon and WorldCat (see above) in this post to find it easily.

The Read Aloud Handbook

Title: The Read Aloud Handbook
Author: Jim Trelease
Price: $16.99
Pages: 432
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Publishing Date: July 25, 2006
ISBN: 0143037390

Annotation: The who, why, what, how, do’s and don’ts of read-alouds for children. A handbook for parents, teachers, librarians, and care-givers.

Evaluation: I really like how the author looks at read alouds in this book and I think everybody can benefit from reading it. “How old must a child be before you start reading to him? That’s a question I am most often asked by parents. The next is: When is the child too old to be read too? In answer to the first question, I ask one of my own. When did you start talking to the child? Did you wait until he was six months old?” As you can see this classic book, already in it’s sixth edition, is a staple and a mid opener on the topic of reading aloud. Though not exclusively for babies or toddlers, it does address questions such as the one above, as well as, sets a primer for the way we view read-aloud for an entire childhood. And there is nothing wrong about developing ideas about the future and worth of read-alouds. In this book, Trelease covers the why, what, how and do’s and don’ts of read-alouds. He includes current trends, information on libraries of every kind, and a treasury of read-aloud ideas.