Books Kids Will Sit Still For: A Read-Aloud Guide / Edition 2

by Judy Freeman

Overview

The predecessor to More Books Kids Will Sit Still For culls the most exciting fiction and nonfiction released through 1989. The booklists are complemented by how-to chapters on reading aloud, storytelling, and other whole language-style activities guaranteed to entrance young children.

Books Kids Will Sit Still For 3: A Read-Aloud Guide is the latest all-new volume in the Books Kids Will Sit Still For series, which includes Books Kids Will Sit Still For: A Read-Aloud Guide, Second Edition and More Books Kids Will Sit Still For: A Read-Aloud Guide. The three books together constitute a tour of the best of children's literature and how to use it, with a total of more than 5,000 invaluable annotations of exemplary children's books.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780835230100
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/30/1990
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	676
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.44(d)

About the Author

JUDY FREEMAN (www.JudyReadsBooks.com) is a well-known consultant, writer, and speaker on children's literature and storytelling, and a visiting lecturer at the School of Information, and Library Science at Pratt Institute in New York City. A former school librarian, she gives conferences, workshops, speeches, and performances throughout the U.S. and the world for teachers, librarians, parents, and children, and is a national seminar presenter for BER (Bureau of Education and Research). Freeman served as a member of the Newbery Committee to select the Newbery Award book for the year 2000 and was on the Sibert Committee for 2008. Freeman's Library Unlimited books include Once Upon a Time: Using Storytelling, Creative Drama, and Reader's Theater with Children in Grades PreK-6, the Books Kids Will Sit Still For series, and the yearly The Winners Handbook, reviewing her top 100 children's books of the past year. Judy's latest and most exciting project is writing children's book reviews and other content for author James Patterson's new website for parents, librarians, and teachers, www.READKIDDOREAD.com.

Editorial Reviews

A revised guide to picture books, fiction, poetry, folklore, and nonfiction books recommended for children from preschool age through sixth grade. Contains recommendations of some 2,100 read-aloud books, instruction on interacting with children's literature, annotated read- aloud lists (arranged by grade level), professional bibliography, and author, title, illustrator, and subject indexes. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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