cover image The Read-Aloud Handbook

The Read-Aloud Handbook

Jim Trelease. Penguin Books, $15 (402pp) ISBN 978-0-14-100161-6

The newly revised and updated fifth edition of The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease uses his trademark Q&A format to address such issues as television, library funding and the Harry Potter phenomenon. A ""Treasury of Read-Alouds"" in the back of the book suggests starting points for parents. (Sept.)