oral reading

Provides lists of books by contemporary authors and illustrators, published since 1988, which are suitable for reading aloud to children.

Provides helpful techniques for reading aloud to children and contains an annotated new list of great readaloud books.

Presents guidance for parents on reading aloud, encouraging reluctant readers, rewarding progress, and getting involved in a child's school, and lists over three thousand children's books, providing at-home story-time, craft, cooking, science, and related-reading activities.

Describes twenty-five strategies teachers may use to help children learn to read aloud, each with a grade level, teaching procedures, and suggested children's literature.