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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.
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The Washington Post
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Praise for
The Read-Aloud Handbook
"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
“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”
“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
Synopsis
"A splendidly thoughtful selection...Trelease welcomes everyone in with wide embrace."Washington Post Book World. 48 read-aloud selections ideal for parents and teachers to share with children ages five through nine.
Synopsis
The classic million-copy bestselling handbook on reading aloud to childrenrevised and updated Recommended by "Dear Abby" upon its first publication in 1982, millions of parents and educators have turned to Jim Treleases beloved classic for more than three decades to help countless children become avid readers through awakening their imaginations and improving their language skills. It has also been a staple in schools of education for new teachers. This updated edition of The Read-Aloud Handbook discusses the benefits, the rewards, and the importance of reading aloud to children of a new generation. Supported by delightful anecdotes as well as the latest research (including the good and bad news on digital learning), The Read-Aloud Handbook offers proven techniques and strategies for helping children discover the pleasures of reading and setting them on the road to becoming lifelong readers.
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and#160;A New York Times and million copy bestseller, the classic handbook on reading aloud to childrenandmdash;revised and updated Recommended by andldquo;Dear Abbyandrdquo;, 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 strategiesandmdash;and the reasoning behind themandmdash;for helping children discover the pleasures of reading and setting them on the road to becoming lifelong readers.
About the Author
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. Initially self-published in 1979, The Read-Aloud Handbook has had seven American editions as well as British, Australian, Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian, and Spanish editions. Trelease is also the editor of two popular read-aloud anthologies for Penguin: Hey! Listen to This, for grades K-4, and Read All About It! , for preteens and teens.In 2010, Penguin Books named The Read-Aloud Handbook as one of the seventy-five most important books it published in its seventy-five-year history.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Growing Pains
Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli
Aunt Millicent, by Mary Steele
Broken Chain, by Gary Soto
Four Miles to Pinecone, by Jon Hassler
Miracle at Clement's Pond, by Patricia Pendergraft
Object Lesson, by Ellery Queen
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
Thank You, Ma'am, by Langston Hughes
Animal Tales
A Blue-Eyed Daisy, by Cynthia Rylant
A Day No Pigs Would Die, by Robert Newton Peck
Good Old Boy: A Delta Boyhood, by Willie Morris
Incident at Hawk's Hill, by Allan Eckert
Fantastic Tales
When the Tripods Came, by John Christopher
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, by Roald Dahl
Classics
Rikki-tikki-tavi, by Rudyard Kipling
Otto of the Silver Hand, by Howard Pyle
Joseph: His Dream, by Walter de la Mare
Old Chestnuts
When Poetry (and Oratory) Was King
Casey at the Bat, by Ernest Lawrence Thayer
Casey's Revenge, by Grantland Rice
The Cremation of Sam McGee, by Robert W. Service
Chilling Tales
Fear, by Rhys Davies
Who's Afraid?, by Philippa Pierce
The Elevator, by William Sleator
The Night Watchman, by David Braly
The Ravine, by Ray Bradbury
Out to the Ball Game
The Andy Strasberg Story, as told to Mike Bryan
Trip to Fenway Drives Home the Truth - Right Off the Bat, by Jim Trelease
Escape Reading
Mapping Escape Routes
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, by Frederick Douglass
Act One, by Moss Hart
All the Strange Hours, by Loren Eiseley
Alexander Dolgun's Story, by Alexander Dolgun with Patrick Watson
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
Historical Fiction
The December Rose, by Leon Garfield
Sarah Bishop, by Scott O'Dell
North to Freedom, by Anne Holm
The Iceberg Hermit, by Arthur Roth
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, by Avi
Paper Clips
The Land of Wits, Sages, Oracles, Muckrakers, and Insiders
Wrong Mom? Tough!, by Mike Royko
Nothing to Worry About and The Turtle, by Jim Bishop
He Was No Bum, by Bob Greene
The Yellow Hankerchief, by Pete Hamill
I've Got Your Number, by Robe Imbriano
Why Ali Loved Flag Burnings, by Craig Nelsen
Nonfiction as Literature
Helping Hands, by Brent Ashabranner
In the Pantry, by Charles Panati
Power of the Powerless: A Brother's Lesson, by Christopher de Vinck
Woodsong, by Gary Paulsen
Surprise Endings
Those Three Wishes, by Judith Gorog
It Happened on the Brooklyn Subway, by Paul Deutschman
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