Tell Me: Children, Reading, and Talk

by Aidan Chambers

Book Overview

"There is a correlation between the richness of the reading environment in which readers live and the richness of their talk about what they've read." "In any group of children we find that if they begin by sharing their most obvious observations they soon accumulate a body of understanding that reveals the heart of a text and its meaning(s) for them all." Talking about a book helps a child find the heart of a story, make sense of a string of facts,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157110030X
• ISBN13: 9781571100306
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 8