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Resources

The recommended children’s reading list, activities, videos, related links and suggested readings will enhance your understanding and enjoyment of reading aloud. The children’s suggested books are full of read-aloud favorites. The activities section has simple, easy-to-make projects that you can do. The links offer a wide range of strategies and the suggested resource books will expand your knowledge of children’s literacy.

Recommended Reading List

Books by Age

Books by Topic

Activities

activity_wigglingdog Doing a craft or activity with a child as you share stories together can bring books to life. Try these reading related projects to make you and your child’s reading aloud experience even more enjoyable. Each activity is inspired by one or more children’s books and recommended by a school or public librarian.

Activities by Age

Videos

Feed Me a Story – Read To Me PSA and video on reading aloud
[KGVID width=”640″ height=”360″]https://readtome.anthology-digital.com/videos/ewa-elementary-video.mp4[/KGVID]Read Aloud at ‘Ewa Elementary School

Suggested Reading Resources

Resources for Parents, Educators, and Service Providers

Listed below are books you may find useful in understanding more about how children become readers and other literacy-related and read-aloud information.

Becoming a Nation of Readers: The Report of the Commission on Reading.
Anderson, C. Richard, Elfrieda H. Hiebert, Judith A. Scott, and Ian A. G. Wilkinson.
Put Reading First: The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read, Kindergarten Through Grade 3.
Armbruster, Bonnie B., Fran Lehr and Jean Osborn.
Ann Arbor: Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (CIERA), 2001.
Beginning Literacy with Language: Young Children at Home and School.
Dickinson, D. K., and P. O. Tabors.
Baltimore: P. H. Brookes, 1995.
Radical Reflections: Passionate Opinions on Teaching, Learning and Living.
Fox, Mem.
New York: Harcourt, 1993.
Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever.
Fox, Mem.
New York: Harcourt, 2001.
99 Ways to get Kids to Love Reading and 100 Books They’ll Love.
Leonhardt, Mary.
New York: Three Rivers Press, 1997.
The Latest and Greatest Read-Alouds.
McElmeel, Sharron L.
Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, Inc., 1994.
Teaching Children to Read: An Evidence-Based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and Its Implications for Reading Instruction.
National Reading Panel.
Washington, D.C.: EDPubs, 2000.
Starting Out Right: A Guide to Promoting Children’s Reading Success.
National Research Council.
Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1999.
Start Smart! Building Brain Power in the Early Years.
Schiller, Pam.
Beltsville, Maryland: Gryphon House, 1999.
Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children.
Snow, C. E., S. M. Burns, and P. Griffin, eds.
Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1998.
The Read-Aloud Handbook.
Trelease, Jim.
New York: Penguin Books, 1989.
Hey, Listen to This! Stories to Read Aloud.
Trelease, Jim.
New York: Penguin Books, 1992.
Read All About It! Great Stories, Poems and Newspaper Pieces for Reading Aloud.
Trelease, Jim.
New York: Penguin Books, 1993.
Everyone’s Guide to Children’s Literature.
West, Mark I.
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin: Highsmith Press, 1997.

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2018

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2017

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2016

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2015

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2013

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2009

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2007

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2005

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2003

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2001