Reading Aloud for a Lifetime

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Education World
Executive Headquarters
212 Carnegie Center
Suite 206
Princeton, NJ 08540

Education World allows educators to locate information about teaching and learning without searching the entire Internet. The site includes original articles by educators, shared lesson plans and strategies, and links to other useful sites.

Reading Aloud—Are Students Ever Too Old?
Anne Guignon explains why older children and youth benefit from read-aloud sessions, even though they can read to themselves. She summarizes read-aloud tips from several sources, including Amy Brecount White, a high school English teacher. The author provides information on national and state efforts, including The Middle Grades Reading Network, an Indiana initiative featured on RIF Exchange: Reading Aloud.

Using Children's Literature to Teach About Elections: Ten Books Get our Vote!
This article, written by Lauren P. Gattilia, offers a list of children's books that can be used to introduce discussions of character, leadership, and the meaning of participatory government.

Fulcrum Publishing
16100 Table Mountain Parkway
Golden, CO 80403
303/277-1623; 800/992-2908

The Books Kids Love Series This series describes ways to use popular children's books to present and reinforce content throughout the curriculum. The content areas covered include math, geography, history, art, cooking, science, and more. Here are a few examples:

• From Butterflies to Thunderbolts: Discovering Science with Books Kids Love, by Anthony D. Fredericks, 1997.
• Discovering Geography of North America with Books Kids Love, by Carol J. Fuhler, 1998.
• Exploring Math with Books Kids Love, by Kathryn Kaczmarski, 1998.

Idaho State Library
Read to Me Project
325 W. State St.
Boise, ID 82702
(208) 334-2150.

The Read to Me Project, a three-year-old effort of the Idaho State Library, targets all parents and caregivers in Idaho with children from birth to age 8, with a special focus on at-risk families, fathers, and child-care providers. Web site visitors can learn about books and babies and creating a home literacy environment. They can find recommended children's books and links to other lists of books and materials. Tips for Including Children with Special Needs, includes a list of books that include characters with special needs and information on assistive technology.

IVillage
The Children's Bookshelf features book reviews, a message board on kids and reading, tips for getting children to read, and links to a series of articles by Esmé Codell about choosing and using read-aloud books with children from infancy through 12 years.

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Northeast Foundation for Children 
85 Avenue A, Suite 204
PO Box 718
Turners Falls, MA 01376 
1-800-360-6332

This site provides several articles related to books and reading aloud. In Book Bags: One Simple Way to Bridge School and Home, Susan Pelis, a kindergarten-first grade teacher in Greenfield, Mass., shares her successful strategy for "building a bridge between home and school" that focuses on reading aloud. New Books for the New Year , by Marianne Millette-Kelley an elementary school librarian in Wellfleet, Mass., offers a list of recommended children's books and describes how they might be used.

Parent Soup
Read Aloud, Read Along, an area of the Parent Soup Web site, is dedicated to encouraging families to read aloud with children of all ages. Links to articles in the area include: ü Reading Aloud is a Family Affair, a three-page introductory article that sets the stage by reviewing the benefits of reading aloud; Tips for Reading Together, a list of do's and don'ts taken from "The Read Aloud Handbook" by Jim Trelease; Books You'll Love to Read Aloud, a collection of suggested read-alouds for children from birth through the teen years; and Read-Aloud Book of the Week, a review of a book to read alone or aloud and links to lists of books recommended by Esmé Codell, a guest RIF Exchange: Reading Aloud.

Planet Esmé
P.O. Box 6225
Evanston, IL 60204

Planet Esmé is a children's literature Web site maintained by Esmé Codell, teacher, speaker, author, children's literature specialist, who is featured in RIF Exchange: Reading Aloud. The Web site includes book recommendations, a list of top read alouds, hints on reading aloud, and information on creating a read-aloud program in the primary grades, as well as numerous links to other sites.

Trelease-on-Reading
Reading Tree Productions
Dept. INT 51
Arvesta Street
Springfield, MA 01118-1239
413/ 782-5839

Jim Trelease, lecturer and author of "The Read-Aloud Handbook," maintains a resource-filled Web site on reading aloud and related topics. Visitors can read sections of Trelease's books, including the current and 2001 editions of "The Read-Aloud Handbook." Included are lists of books to read aloud from wordless to novels. There are profiles of children's authors, commentary on reading trends and research, practical tips, and information on new books for children and professionals.

U.S. Department of Education ED Pubs
P. O. Box 1398
Jessup, MD 20794-1398
877/4-ED-PUBS

The U.S. Department of Education offers numerous resources on reading with children of all ages. A recent publication, Helping Your Child Become a Reader by Andrea DeBruin-Parecki with Kathryn Perkinson and Lance Ferdere, is one in a series of guides for families published by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement. This booklet includes activities for families with children from infancy through age 6.

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