Read Aloud from Home
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FREE E-BOOKS AND AUDIOBOOKS
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FREE E-BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
International Children’s Digital Library
Time Magazine for Kids – Free While School is Out
Planet Ebooks – Download Books
FREE AUDIOBOOKS
Audible – Free Children’s Audiobooks
CELEBRITY, AUTHOR, AND OTHER VIDEO READ-ALOUDS
Storyline Online by the SAG-AFRA Foundation
Storytime from Space – Exactly as advertised. Fantastic!
Just Books – Audio/Visual Read Alouds
Kate Messner’s Library of Resources
Useful Websites and Videos
The ABC’s of Active Reading – VIDEO
Scholastic’s Kids & Family Reading Report
Dialogic Reading Article by Reading Rockets
Relevant Articles
Why Some People Become Lifelong Readers by Joe Pinsker; September 19, 2019
The Power of Relationships Study from the National Mentoring Partnership 2018
Why Reading Aloud to Kids is Important by Sedley Abercrombie; April 28, 2017; Journal of the American Association of School Librarians
Study Says Reading Aloud, More Than Talking, Builds Literacy by Susan Frey; July 18, 2015; Edsource
An Evidence-based Approach to Improving Literacy Through Mentoring by Jean Rhodes; July 21, 2013; The Chronicle of Evidence-Based Mentoring
Books
The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease
Additional resources from Jim Trelease available on his website.
Reading Magic by Mem Fox
Read-aloud tips by Mem Fox here.
Resources Created or Compiled by Read to a Child
Why We Insist that Volunteers, Not Students, Read Aloud
Engaging Your Student
Engaging Your Student – From Volunteer Manual
Tips for Book Selection