Allyn, Pam

Discusses the ways that boys read, suggests ways to encourage boys to be readers, and recommends both fiction and nonfiction in a variety of formats and genres that will appeal to emerging, developing, and maturing male readers.

Provides reproducible activity sheets to reinforce independent reading skills in third through fifth grade students.

Provides strategies and advice to help children become better readers by promoting independent learning, critical thinking, and higher order skills.

Provides practical strategies for how to implement core teaching and core learning.

Discusses the power of reading aloud, explaining why it is important to read to and with children, and identifying four keys to helping children become lifelong readers; features tips on how to read aloud, with advice on what to read at each age from birth to ten years; and provides an annotated listing of over three hundred recommended books, grouped by theme.