Raising Readers
How to nurture a child''s love of books
1st Edition
Published on 2. April 2019
257 pages
978-0-7022-6361-3 (ISBN)
Description
Some kids refuse to read, others won't stop ? not even at the dinner table! Either way, many parents question the best way to support their child's literacy journey. When can you start reading to your child? How do you find that special book to inspire a reluctant reader? What can you do to keep your tween reading into their adolescent years? Award-winning teacher librarian Megan Daley, the passionate voice behind the Children's Books Daily blog, has the answers to all these questions and more. She unpacks her twenty years of experience into this personable and accessible guide, enhanced with up-to-date research and firsthand accounts from well-known Australian children's authors. It also contains practical tips, such as suggested reading lists and instructions on how to run book-themed activities.Raising Readers is a must-have resource for parents and educators to help the children in their lives fall in love with books.
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Content
- Cover
- Author biography
- Title page
- Imprint page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Raising a reader - the early years
- From babies to two years old
- The importance of song
- From three to five years old
- Establishing reading routines
- Incidental reading
- Playful reading
- Chapter 2: Reading and school - when it all comes together
- The mechanics of reading - where to begin?
- Phonics and sight words
- Reading comprehension
- Readers versus library books
- Digital technologies supporting beginning readers
- Encouraging writing and illustration
- Chapter 3: The school library
- The school library and the teacher librarian
- What is the purpose of a school library?
- The school library as a social hangout
- Selecting quality books
- Self-selection
- The library makerspace
- Literary awards
- Children's Book Council of Australia Book Week
- Chapter 4: Spaces for reading
- Book-themed bedrooms
- The reading classroom
- Inviting library spaces
- Chapter 5: The rigour of reading
- Extending your child's reading
- From reader to writer
- Chapter 6: Reading challenges
- Reading differences and difficulties
- The gender debate
- Keeping tweens reading
- Supporting the move into YA reading
- Chapter 7: The social life of young readers
- Competitions for readers
- Author visits
- Literary and book-related events
- Book clubs
- Book launches
- Chapter 8: A balanced literary diet - a feast of genres
- Humour
- Mystery
- Historical fiction
- Realistic fiction
- Fantasy
- Science fiction
- Dystopian fiction
- Myths, legends and fairytales
- The classics
- Non-fiction
- Biographies and autobiographies
- Plays and film scripts
- Short stories
- Poetry
- Verse novels
- Comics and graphic novels
- Chapter 9: Multimodal and digital reading
- Turn them into experts first!
- Coding - the 'new literacy'
- Ebooks
- Apps
- Audio books
- Online storybook readings
- Gaming
- Digital literature
- Critical literacy skills
- Chapter 10: Reading the visuals
- Picture books
- Visual literacy
- Picture books as visual literacy teaching tools
- Wordless picture books as visual literacy teaching tools
- Illustrated chapter books as visual literacy teaching tools
- Chapter 11: Reading for the future - sustainability and nature
- Reading supporting sustainability
- Chapter 12: Reading mindfully
- Reading as flow
- Chapter 13: Acknowledging and reflecting diversity
- Indigenous voices
- #ownvoices
- Refugees and displaced children
- Chapter 14: Reading the dark
- Chapter 15: How-to guides
- How to be an excellent book gifter
- How to play with sight words
- How to host a book party
- How to create a library makerspace
- How to create a Book Week costume
- How to run a readers' competition
- How to start a book club
- How to host an author or illustrator visit
- Endnotes
- Contributor biographies
- Acknowledgements
