Kids spend 900 hours a year inside of school, and 7800 hours a year outside of school.The primary arguments of The Read-Aloud Handbook are (and I'm paraphrasing for simplicity): The Read-Aloud Handbook blends the author's personal experiences as a parent, lecturer, and advocate of reading with extensive research. My earlier reading of The Read-Aloud Handbook helped inspire me to start this blog in the first place. The Read-Aloud Handbook is about why it's important for children to grow up as readers, and how parents and teachers can help to accomplish this goal. I also agree with Teacherninja Jim, who commented on a recent Booklights post of mine that a copy of this book should be sent home from the hospital with every new parent. Or at least every parent and teacher, aunt, uncle, or grandparent should read it, along with anyone else who has an interest in the well-being and future success of children. This is more a reaction than a formal review.įirst of all, I agree with Dawn that this is a book that everyone should read. I recently re-read the book (inspired in part by Dawn Morris' comments after her first reading of the book), and thought that I would share a few thoughts. I've recommended Jim Trelease's The Read-Aloud Handbook many times, but I've never actually reviewed it. Book: The Read-Aloud Handbook: Sixth Edition
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