How to Get Your Child to Love Reading
ISBN-13: 9781565123083 Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill Publication date: 06/06/2003 Edition description: 1ST Pages: 480 Product dimensions: 7.30(w) x 9.15(h) x 1.25(d) "An exuberant treasure trove for parents."—Publishers WeeklyAre children reading enough? Not according to most parents and teachers, who know that reading aloud with children fosters a lifelong love of books, ensures better standardized test scores, promotes greater success in school, and helps instill the values we most want to pass on. Esmé Raji Codell—an inspiring children's literature specialist and an energetic teacher—has the solution. She's turned her years of experience with children, parents, librarians, and fellow educators into a great big indispensable volume designed to help parents get their kids excited about reading. Here are hundreds of easy and inventive ideas, innovative projects, creative activities, and inspiring suggestions that have been shared, tried, and proven with children from birth