The classic million-copy bestselling handbook on reading aloud to children--revised and updated for a new generation of readers
Before retiring from the lecture circuit in 2008, Jim
Trelease spent thirty years addressing parents, teachers, and
librarians on the subjects of children, literature, and the
challenges of multimedia to print. A graduate of the University of
Massachusetts, he was an award-winning artist and writer for the
Springfield Daily News from 1963 to 1983.
Cyndi Giorgis is a professor of children's and young adult
literature and Director of Teacher Preparation in the Mary Lou
Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University. She has been
recognized for numerous university distinguished teaching awards
and is the recipient of the International Literacy Association's
Arbuthnot Award for Outstanding Professor of Children's and Young
Adult Literature. She has chaired or served on numerous committees
for awards such as the Caldecott Medal, Newbery Medal, Theodor
Seuss Geisel Award, and the Orbis Picture Award for Outstanding
Nonfiction for children. Cyndi is a frequent presenter at
conferences.
"This book is about more than reading aloud. It's about time that
parents, teachers, and children spend together in a loving, sharing
way."-The Washington Post
"Now, more than ever in the age of screens, this book is needed.
Jim Trelease is a national treasure. Cyndi Giorgis has done a
magnificent job updating this classic for today's readers.
Bravo!"-Rosemary Wells, author of the Max and Ruby
series
"Reading aloud is a joyous experience for child and for parent.
The Read-Aloud Handbook offers useful hints as to why the
experience is so mutually rewarding and how to make it
work."-Arthur Schlesinger
"The Read-Aloud Handbook promises to give parents, teachers,
and all others who care about children, reading, and the pursuit of
happiness new inspiration."-The Denver Post
"Fresh, vital, and inspirational...bravo for Trelease! I urge
everyone who cares about literacy-and that should include people
without children-to read this book."-Los Angeles Herald
Examiner
"As I read this treasure of a book, I became more and more
fascinated with its contents...I give it my unqualified
recommendation."-"Dear Abby"
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