The read-aloud handbook

1. Why Read Aloud?

2. When to Begin Read-Aloud

3. The Stages of Read-Aloud

4. The Dos and Don'ts of Read-Aloud

5. Read-Aloud Success Stories

6. Home, School, and Public Libraries

7. Television

8. Sustained Silent Reading: Reading-Aloud's Natural Partner

9. How to Use the Treasury

10. Treasury of Read-Alouds. Wordless Books. Predictable/Cumulative Books. Picture Reference Books. Picture Books. Short Novels. Novels. Poetry. Anthologies. Fairy and Folk Tales

Appendix: A Note for Doomsayers Who Think Things Have Never Been Worse.