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About Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud To Our Children
Product Description The must-have guide to reading with children, now in a new and revised edition Best-selling children's author and internationally respected literacy expert Mem Fox reveals the incredible emotional and intellectual impact reading aloud to children has on their ability to learn to read. With passion and humor, Fox speaks of when, where, and why to read aloud and demonstrates how to read aloud to best effect and get the most out of a read-aloud session. She discusses the three secrets of reading, offers guidance on defining and choosing good books, and—for this new edition—includes two new chapters on boy readers and phonics, a foreword, and a list of "Twenty Books That Children Love." Filled with practical advice, activities, and inspiring true read-aloud miracles, this book is a turn-to classic for educators and parents. Review PRAISE FOR READING MAGIC "In short, vivacious chapters, Fox describes the sheer, rollicking joy of sharing books with babies and pre-schoolers."― The Toronto Star PRAISE FOR MEM FOX "Fox writes with a light touch, going straight to the heart of preschool concerns with affection and wit."― The New York Times Book Review "I would urge everyone to get a copy and read it. It is, quite simply, excellent.... If you're not a dad, pass this along to one. Encourage fathers or other male role models to read to children and watch the magic happen." -- Kendal Rautzhan, Reading Eagle Published On: 2008-07-26 "I would urge everyone to get a copy and read it. It is, quite simply, excellent.... If you're not a dad, pass this along to one. Encourage fathers or other male role models to read to children and watch the magic happen." -- Kendal Rautzhan, Danville News Published On: 2008-07-24 "If you're not a dad, pass this along to one. Encourage fathers or other male role models to read to children, and watch the magic happen!" , Reading Rockets Published On: 2008-07-24 About the Author MEM FOX is the author of many acclaimed books, including Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes, Possum Magic, Koala Lou, Time for Bed, and, for adults, Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever. She lives in Adelaide, Australia. JUDY HORACEK is the creator of the cartoons in Mem Fox's Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever. She also writes and illustrates books of her own and creates cartoons that are featured regularly in national magazines and newspapers in Australia. She lives in Dickson, Australia. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Chapter One The Foot Book Miracle In 1975 our daughter, Chloë, came home from school in a state of excitement and said, "I can read!" She was four years old and had been at school for two weeks. We smiled indulgently as parents do when they think their child is cute. Read? She had to be joking. She ran to her room and came back with The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss, one of her favorites at the time, and read it to us word for word, with expression. We were beside ourselves. But could she really read? We had read that book to her so many times, we thought she might have memorized it. We hesitated, not wanting to dampen her wild enthusiasm, then bravely opened the book at random to see if she could read a page by itself, without reciting the whole book by rote from the beginning. She read that page, and another page at random, and another. At the time, I was a college professor teaching drama. I knew nothing about the teaching of reading. In my eyes I was "only" a mother. I rushed to Chloë’s school the next morning and told her teacher what had happened. "What did you do?" I asked, agog. "What method did you use? It’s a miracle!" "I didn’t do much," she said. "How could I? She’s only been in my class for two weeks. You must have read to her often before she came to school." "Of course," I said. "Well, there you go," said the teacher, as if
