JIM TRELEASE'S READ-ALOUD HANDBOOK: EIGHT EDITION

For the first time ever, Penguin will have Translation rights on the classic bestselling handbook on reading aloud to children. For parents, teachers, and all advocates of reading and literacy, THE READ-ALOUD HANDBOOK, which has sold over a million copies, is a must-have title. This revised edition will have a new introduction from Jim Trelease!

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 countless children become avid readers through awakening their imaginations and improving their language skills. It has also been a staple in schools of education for new teachers.

This updated edition, edited by education specialist Cyndi Giorgis, discusses the benefits, the rewards, and the importance of reading aloud to children of a new generation. Supported by delightful anecdotes as well as the latest research (including the good and bad news on digital learning), JIM TRELEASE'S READ-ALOUD HANDBOOK offers proven techniques and strategies for helping children discover the pleasures of reading and setting them on the road to becoming lifelong readers.

Before retiring from the lecture circuit in 2008, Jim Trelease spent thirty years addressing parents, teachers, and librarians on the subjects of children, literature, and the challenges of multimedia to print. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts, he was an award-winning artist and writer for the Springfield Daily News from 1963 to 1983.
Cyndi Giorgis is the Director of Teacher Preparation in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University.