Books Come Alive: Reading Aloud and Reading Along with Young Children is about using read alouds to promote empathy and the ability to think deeply in response to literature. Grounded in research and theory, the book explores how to ensure that read alouds have maximum instructional value to promote literacy and spark children’s lifelong love of literature. This book offers teachers information about book selection, how to plan for and conduct read alouds, and extend children’s experiences. The book also includes a vetted and extensive compendium of high-quality books for read alouds, accompanied by a framework for teaching with those books.
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Miriam G. Martinez teaches reading and children's literature courses at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She is actively involved in the Children's Literature Assembly, the National Council of Teachers of English, the International Literacy Association, and the Literacy Research Association. Her research and publications have focused on the nature of
More about Miriam G. MartinezCharles Temple is a guitar and banjo-picking storyteller, poet, and sometime children's author who teaches courses in children's literature, storytelling, writing for children, literacy, and international education at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. He has written many books in the fields of literacy and children's literatur
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