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Reading is amazing! It has been show to increase brain connectivity, foster empathy, grow vocabulary, and even reduce stress! How do we foster a love of reading in our children? Reading aloud to them every day and taking the time to read a book in front of them. (This is called modeling behavior).
The following titles dive into the research behind reading and give a plethora of tips for raising readers. Many of these titles have book recommendations in them as well.
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How to Raise a Reader
Pamela Paul - Workman Publishing Company
Format: Hardcover
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An indispensable guide to welcoming children - from babies to teens - to a lifelong love of reading, written by Pamela Paul and Maria Russo, editors of The New York Times Book Review. Do you remember your first visit to where the wild things are? How about curling up for hours... |
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The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction
Meghan Cox Gurdon - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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A Wall Street Journal writer's conversation-changing look at how reading aloud makes adults and children smarter, happier, healthier, more successful and more closely attached, even as technology pulls in the other direction.A miraculous alchemy occurs when one person reads to another,... |
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Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever
Mem Fox - Harcourt
Format: Book
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The must-have guide to reading with children, now in a new and revised edition Best-selling children's author and internationally respected literacy expert Mem Fox reveals the incredible emotional and intellectual impact reading aloud to children has on their ability to learn to read.... |
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A Family of Readers: The Book Lover's Guide to Children's and Young Adult Literature
Roger Sutton - Candlewick; 1ST edition
Format: Hardcover
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Two of the most trusted reviewers in the field join with top authors, illustrators, and critics in a definitive guide to choosing books for children - and nurturing their love of reading.A FAMILY OF READERS is the definitive resource for parents interested in enriching the reading lives... |
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Book Smart: How to Develop and Support Successful, Motivated Readers
Anne E. Cunningham - Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
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Authored by two passionate psychologists and educators, Book Smart: How to Develop and Support Successful, Motivated Readers is a how-to guide rich with stories, lessons, activities, and ideas aimed at supporting reading development and addressing the broad range of interpersonal, social,... |
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The Read-Aloud Handbook: Seventh Edition
Jim Trelease - Penguin Books; 7 edition
Format: Print book
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The classic million-copy bestselling handbook on reading aloud to children - revised and updated Recommended by "Dear Abby" upon its first publication in 1982, millions of parents and educators have turned to Jim Trelease's beloved classic for more than three decades to help... |
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Excellent Books for Early and Eager Readers
Kathleen T Isaacs - ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2016.
Format: Print book
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For children, reading level and experience level are not always the same. Eager readers are often interested in ideas and topics that seem advanced, but situations and subjects that sixth graders can handle with aplomb may be emotionally confusing for a younger child. Early and eager readers... |
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1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up
Julia Eccleshare - Universe
Format: Hardcover
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This is the best and most authoritative guide to classic and contemporary children's literature today. It is the latest in the best-selling 1001 series, and its informative reviews are the key to differentiating the "must-read" books from all the rest in the realm of children's... |
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Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children's Literature as an Adult
BRUCE HANDY - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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An irresistible, nostalgic, insightful - and totally original - ramble through classic children's literature from Vanity Fair contributing editor (and father) Bruce Handy. "Consistently intelligent and funny ... The book succeeds wonderfully." - The New York Times... |
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The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared
Alice Ozma - Thorndike Press; Lrg edition
Format: Hardcover
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In this deeply affecting memoir, Alice Ozma tells the story of her relationship with the remarkable man who raised her through the words they shared and the spaces in between. When Alice Ozma was in fourth grade, she and her single father -- a beloved elementary school librarian -- made... |
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