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Read Aloud

Trelease on Reading
—Why Read Aloud?
  Reading Fact No. 1: Human beings are pleasure-centered.

  Reading Fact No. 2: Reading is an accrued skill.

—Read Aloud Handbook – 7th edition 2013
—Hey Listen to This – 1992 Anthology for Younger readers
—Read All About It – 1993 Anthology
Jim Trelease website has excerpts of the Read Aloud Handbook, Research on Reading Aloud and dear time, great articles on censorship, and a wealth of information on Jim Trelease's passion for reading.

Ruth Culham - Mentor Texts for the Traits of Writing
Susan Hall Using Picture StoryBooks to Teach ...
There are four volumes on the Using Picture Story Books to Teach Literary Devices and one volume Using Picture Story Books to Teach Character Education.  
Writing Fix - Nevada Writing Project
Linda Hoyt's Interactive Read Alouds
Available from Heinemann for about $70.00 they include lessons

With classic children’s literature as mentor texts .

The link is to the list of titles K-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-7

Steven L. Layne
—Passionate About Reading!
—Resources include handouts for Dynamic Read-Aloud Programs that work
—Titles by Grade Level
—Igniting a Passion for Reading (2009) for teachers and parents of secondary students.
Book Hive Top 20 Booklists
Book Hive
—Charlotte & Mecklenburg County Library
--Zinger's Top 20 Booklists
--Babies, Toddlers, Preschool,  Grades K-6
--Starting in 2002, Zinger's Favorites of  the year – One page with covers
--Babies & Toddlers
--Preschool
--Primary
--Intermediate
Lester Laminack
--Reading Aloud in the Classroom (Six Opportunities daily)
1.Building Community
2.Putting Language in the Air-Sharing the Music
3.Poetry throughout the year
4.Writing models
5.Curriculum Bridges
6.Chapter Book Reading Aloud
- Books with Reba M. Wasworth Bullying Hurts (2012),Learning Under the Influence of Language and Literature (2006), Reading Aloud Across the Curriculum (2006) 
E.B. White Read Aloud Award
Rob Reid
Silly Books to Read Aloud (2013) ALA.
Steven Layne
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