The reading bug
Subtitle: and how you can help your child catch it
By: Paul Jennings ; illustrations by Andrew Weldon
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Camberwell, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780143000877
Subjects: Children; Books and reading; Reading; Parent participation
Notes: Bibliography of suggested books: pages 211-244.
Table of contents: title: 1. Become and expert : it's not brain surgery; title: 2. Reading to children : a lifelong love affair; title: 3. Matching children and books : what they want is what they need; title: 4. The importance of stories : joining the human race; title: 5. Preschool and beginners : like the words of a song; title: 6. Reading for meaning : it's okay to speed ahead; title: 7. Phonetics : Ghote spells fish; title: 8. Personal writing; title: 9. Visual literacy : the picture tells it all; title: 10. The reluctant reader : good books grab; title: 11. Computers : the computer will always be a tool and never a parent; title: 12. A sunlit valley : shedding a few tears on the journey; title: 13. Brilliant books : go get them.