Read with Me 

 

You know reading to your young child is crucial. Here's what to read, and why, and how. Kids of all ages need to be encouraged to keep up with reading for fun, and a smart parent will be all over that. 

 

 

·   Ages 0-3  

·   Ages 4-6  

·   Ages 7-14  

·   Ages 15+  

·   Reading Tips  

 

·   Reading Problems  

·   Questionable Curriculum  

·   On Reading Aloud  

·   Books For Special Situations  

·   Great Books  

 
Ages 0-3
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Snuggle Time
      Get Up Close and Personal, and Your Young Reader Will Relax While You Read
The Point of Pop-Up Books
      They Aren't Just for Show, You Know
Mem Fox, Beloved Children's Author
      Make Sure Your Child Reads One of the Greats
Make It Play, Never Work
      It's a Paradox: When Reading is Fun, Kids Will Work Harder
Ages 4-6
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Make Sure the Child Sees the Text
      Read Aloud Side By Side So They'll Hear the Words AND See the Words
The Five Building Blocks of Reading
      Can You Name Them? Every Parent Should!
Books For Early Primary Readers
      Great Starter Books For Great Starting Readers
Eugene Field: Whimsy in Poetry
      Captivating Creativity
Author Spotlight: Ezra Jack Keats
      A Must For All Kids, and a Landmark in African-American Literature From a Caucasian Guy
Author Spotlight: Robert Munsch
      The Children's Author You'd Most Want to Come to Dinner
Author Spotlight: Hans Wilhelm
      Classic Stories From a Master of Old World Kiddie Lit
Ages 7-14
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'Mirror' Stories: Reflecting Real Life
      Kids This Age Are Hooked By "Me, Myself and I"
Biographies and Autobiographies
      Reading the Stories of Famous Dudes and Dudettes Helps Kids Start to Set Their Own Goals
Author Impact: Hans Christian Andersen's Childhood
      Amazingly Bad Start Leads to Amazingly Great Stories
An Old Folk Tale For the Chinese New Year
      Asian Lit: Master Storytellers That U.S. Kids Don't Often Know About
Revisiting Nursery Rhymes
      Late Grade School and Middle School Are Great Times to Re-Read These Old Favorites
Ages 15+
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Biographies: Life Stories
      Your Teen Should Set a Goal for Reading How Folks Got Where They Were Headed
Summer Reading List for Grades 7-12
      A Shade Tree, a Tall Glass of Lemonade, a Really Good Book . . . Ahhhhh!
'Overteaching' and Avoidance Keep Kids From the Classics
      Ix-Nay on the Eaching-Tay; Not Everything Should Feel Like Work
Topic: READING TIPS
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Is This Book Too Hard For My Child to Read?
      A Simple Way to Test Whether a Book Is a Good Match
A Friday Night Family Literacy Festival
      Make a Memory, and a Strong Statement About Reading
How to Tell a Book's Reading Grade Level
      Publisher's Evaluation . . . Or the Good, Old-Fashioned Five-Finger Rule
A Child's Own Book File
      Self-Esteem Rises as the File of 'Books Read' Grows Taller
Topic: READING PROBLEMS
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Has My Child Been Mistaught?
      Simple Ways to Tell If Your Child's Reading Instruction Has Failed
Tips and Games For Reading Tutors
      Kindling Friendship and Literacy
Y Hole Langwidg Seams OK
      Points to Ponder About Reading Instruction in Schools Today
Topic: QUESTIONABLE CURRICULUM
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Violence in Kiddie Lit
      What Are We Thinking, If We Show Kids Problems Instead of Problem-Solving?
'Lovely Bones'
      Attention, Parents: Not a Good Choice
Oversexed Books Aimed at Preteen Girls
      Age-Inappropriate Books Invade a Preteen's 'Latency' Period; Let's Keep 'Em Children As Long as We Can
Topic: ON READING ALOUD
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Read-Aloud Classics
      Stories You Shouldn't Be Without
Goofing On Purpose
      When Parents Make Mistakes, Kids Learn to Listen Better For the Fun of 'GOTCHA!'
Print Out Stories For Read-Alouds
      When There's No Money for the Bookstore, and No Time for the Library, There's Always the Cheap and Easy Download
Topic: BOOKS FOR SPECIAL SITUATIONS
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Greedy Materialists Need to Hear About King Midas
      Is Your Child Grabby and Greedy? Read This!
Using Kiddie Books to Teach About Handicaps
      Soft Approaches Build Empathy
Books You Love Because They're Offbeat
      Humor and Whimsy: Just What the (Reading) Doctor Ordered For Easily-Stressed-Out Kids
Books That Make Kids Love America
      Telling the Stories That Make Us All Proud
Teaching About Slavery
      Sensitive Handling of This Issue Helps Build Better Future Citizen-Leaders
Black Faces in Kiddie Lit
      The Best Multiculturalism Is Undetectable; These Are Just Plain Good Reads, and the African-American Imagery is Just a Plus
Around the World in Folk Tales
      It's a Small World, After All
March 2: Dr. Seuss Day
      You Can Site When You Sit and Floss When You Floos, But Don't Miss the Birthday of Dear Dr. Seuss
Topic: GREAT BOOKS
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Why You Need to Read the Great Books
      Stories That Have Stood the Test of Time
Vocabulary Is Intellectual Capital
      The No. 1 Correlate of Success in All Demographic Groups is a Big Vocabulary
Checklist For Quality Children's Literature
      How to Select Books That Are 'Mirrors' and 'Windows'
Christian Books On a Summer Reading List For All Ages
      Growing Your Faith While Cultivating Your Reading Skills
The Whimsy of William Steig
      Shrek, Dr. DeSoto, Sylvester . . . This Illustrator/Author Was a Genius at Creating Characters
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