Raising a Reader

An important addition to the library of any parent who wants to give a child the gift of learning--and loving--to read. Now updated with important advice about utilizing the Internet

You will learn:
- how and why you are integral to your child's reading progress
- how to read aloud with your child from birth through the teenage years
- how to use games and storytelling to make reading fun
- how to work with your child's teachers--sand what to do if the school won't cooperate
- how to overcome reading slumps and book boredom
- how to nurture your gifted reader
- how to avoid gimmicks that will sidetrack you and your child
- how to find the best--and the safest--places on the Web for reading support and ideas

How to Make Your Child a Reader for Life includes lists of over three hundred "must-have" books you and your child can enjoy. Broken down into different categories--easy books for reluctant readers, surefire books for bored readers, scary books, classic books, fantasy books, even books for adolescent readers who won't read anything!--How to Make Your Child a Reader for Life makes it easy for you to find the titles that will spark your child's imagination and make your child a reader for life.