Classics to Read Aloud to Your Children

Reading aloud may be the single most powerful contribution a parent can make to a child's success in school, and in this one volume author and educator William F. Russell gives parents all the tools they need to do it. Here is a marvelous collection of short stories, poems, legends, and myths from great works of literature, appropriate for parents to read aloud to children aged five to twelve. The vivid language of the original classic is maintained, since the goal is to expand the child's vocabulary, not just conform to it. Each selection indicates the age of the child to whom it is best suited, provides a valuable pronunciation guide for the reader, and offers suggestions to make a read-aloud session enjoyable for both parent and child. Classics to Read Aloud to Your Children contains excepts from such great works of literature as Robin Hood, Don Quixote de la Mancha, Gulliver's Travels, The Odyssey, The Red Badge of Courage, The Call of the Wild, Aesop's Fables, and many more.