Sunday, May 30, 2021

Read All About It! (2008)

      How do you get the nonreader interested in reading? This problem is solved in Read All About It!.  Laura Bush and Jena Bush tell a fanciful tale, and illustrator Denise Brunkus  brings the same sparkle she sprinkled into Junie B. Jones stories, this time is full color. "I'm Tyrone Brown and I rule the school. I'm a professional student and class clown." Tyrone has everything going for him; there's no hint that he suffers a reading disability. He's seems bored--until, one day, he really listens at story time. Then, his imagination soars. It makes me wonder how many more children would love books if allowed to listen to them rather than read them. 

     RoomRecessCom has Free Audio Stories for Kids. RoJMTeaching Resources has Reading Comprehension Presentation, Lesson Plans, Worksheets, Optional Audio. Edwin Thompson has "Buster's Farm" Series 1-3 Audio and Text. 

     

The Santa Clauses (1986)

The Santa Clauses retold by Achim Broger is a cute story of a young boy who saves Christmas. In this story, the little guy learns that ther...