Reproducible literature-based, multisensory activities, crafts, and songs that promotes reading and literacy for children ages four through eight.

"Read, Rhyme, and Romp: Early Literacy Skills and Activities for Librarians, Teachers, and Parents explores the six basic pre-literacy skills that experts agree are necessary for a young child to be ready to learn to read. Special sections within each chapter are dedicated to the specific needs of preschool teachers, parents, and librarians, making the content relevant to different settings. Recommended book lists, personal anecdotes, and literacy-rich...

"An underutilized source for storytime programs, quality nonfiction books can help bridge the reading gap between preschool boys and girls; boys enjoy facts and "true stuff," and including these books in storytime helps boys see that reading can be fun. Here, Dietzel-Glair spotlights a multitude of nonfiction titles published since 2005 that will engage young children's curiosity while activating learning through movement-based activities. A huge...

Animals have been a staple in children's books for decades. Reid has created story program lesson plans featuring our four-legged, no-legged, winged, scales, and feathered friends. You and your group will have a howling, barking, clucking, roaring good time!--

Lists thousands of fiction and nonfiction works, story collections, picture books, and magazines for preschool through sixth grade, as well as professional literature, providing descriptions, bibliographic data, subject headings, prices, and review quotations, and includes analytic entries on items in collections and anthologies.