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Author Codell, Esmé Raji, 1968-

Title How to get your child to love reading / by Esmé Raji Codell.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, [2003]
©2003

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  028.5 CODELL    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department  J PARENT 028.5 CODELL    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department  REF. J028.5 COD    DUE 03-16-20 Billed
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Teacher Shelf  HOMESCHOOL 028.55 CODELL    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Parent Collection  J PS 028.5 CODELL    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  028.5 COD    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  JPS 028.5 CODELL c.2  Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  372.42 COD    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  PARENTING 028.55 CODELL    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Parents Collection  PAR j028.55 COD    Missing

Edition First edition.
Description x, 531 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note "A parents' guide" -- Cover.
"For ravenous and reluctant readers alike; activities, ideas, and inspiration for exploring everything in the world through books" -- Cover.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Beginning your adventure in the world of children's literature: Potato power, the art of using what you've got -- Children's book basics -- Raise your hand if you want to volunteer in your child's school! -- Connecting books with the littlest bambinos: Great expectations -- Barely beyond baby, supporting emergent literacy -- Beaucoup de book-coups: Reading and eating -- Page-turning parties for fund-raising and just plain fun -- Have book will travel-history, social studies, and geography: Crash course in time travel safety procedures -- Reading time travel history and social studies -- Location, location, location -- Math and science of reading: Science magic show -- Mother Nature's library -- Math magic -- Now playing in a book near you; broadcast and performance: Radio, television, and the cinema -- World is a stage; literature-based performances starring your children -- Inside the gingerbread house; fairy tales, wonder tales, and fantasy: Fairy tales -- Fables and fantasy -- Got a light? sharing the spirit of Hans Christian Andersen -- Add wonder where you read; enchanting housewares you can make -- Very, very literary; nurturing book lovers and book creators: Poetry readings -- Literature circles -- Author/illustrators -- Studies; the best project ever -- Nurturing the artist within -- Storytime central: Picture books worth a thousand words -- Gender benders; books for both boys and girls -- Must-reads by the time you're thirteen -- Teen angst; the classic young adult problem -- Cyberspace; the last (?) reading frontier -- Last lines; connecting readers.
Summary Blending her experience as both a teacher and a parent with a passion for children's literature, Codell presents this indispensable resource for parents that puts kids on the road to reading. Includes fun-filled activities that emphasize excitement and thousands of book recommendations on a variety of subjects.
Subject Children -- Books and reading -- United States.
Reading promotion.
Reading -- Parent participation.
Oral reading.
Children's literature -- Bibliography.
ISBN 1565123085 paperback
1565124154
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