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Show BBSS The Read-Aloud Handbook Is America raising a generation gener-ation of non-readers? The answer an-swer is clear: 27 million adults are functionally illiterate, illiter-ate, and more than half of America's children can't read. One weapon in the battle against this trend is the na-- na-- tional bestseller, "The Read-Aloud Read-Aloud Handbook," by Jim Trelease, now in a newly revised re-vised edition from Penguin Books. The book shows how ; parents can use reading aloud to improve their children's scholastic ability and draw the family closer together. Citing dozens of books and authors, Trelease demonstrates demon-strates the magic that can happen when children and books are brought together in pleasure. LJIm Trelease TWMelilytlliilillll aattMMl kaaeMllar. 4 aww4MH0lerty if) The "Read-Aloud Handbook" Hand-book" sets up a program to help parents, teachers and librarians make lifetime readers of children. Trelease tells: How and why reading aloud awakens children's imaginations and improves their language skills. How to coax children away from television and video games. What to read to children and when to begin. e How to make reading aloud a wonderful experience for reader and listener alike. - In addition, the annotated Treasury of more than 300 read-aloud favorites can help readers share hundreds of special occasions with children chil-dren both at home and in the classroom. |