Hey! I'm Reading! - Softcover

Miles, Betty

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0679856447 ISBN 13: 9780679856443

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1995

Synopsis

Best-selling children's author Betty Miles reveals the secrets behind one of life's most important and enjoyable skills in the first-ever "how to" book for children who are just getting ready to read--and for the parents, relatives, teachers, and friends who want to help them.  

About this title

About the Author

*  Betty Miles is a graduate of Antioch College.  She is a former Associate Editor of the Bank Street Readers, and has taught both kindergarten and graduate students, led workshops with parents, teachers, and librarians, and talked about books and reading with children and their parents around the country.

* Betty hated her first day of elementary school because she was the only kid who knew how to read!  Since then, Betty has turned her love of reading into a how-to book for beginning readers called "Hey! I'm Reading" .

*  She would like to be many things, if she weren't an author:  a musician, architect, city planner and even a stand-up comedian!

* Betty's books are a mix of things that have really happened to her and things she's completely made up.  But after she's worked on a book for a long time, a funny thing happens:  everything in it becomes real to her, and even her invented characters start to seem like real friends!  

From the Inside Flap

children's author Betty Miles reveals the secrets behind one of life's most important and enjoyable skills in the first-ever "how to" book for children who are just getting ready to read--and for the parents, relatives, teachers, and friends who want to help them.

Reviews

PreKindergarten-Grade 2?A reassuring book about learning to read. The opening two sections are about the process. The last section gives 19 brief selections to read such as poems, knock-knock jokes, an alphabet of names, and a double-page spread of a school scene with labels, dialogue balloons, and a chalkboard message. Wickstrom's pictures are delightful. In a style somewhat reminiscent of Janet and Allan Ahlberg's work, she populates the pages with appealing multiethnic children and clearly rendered animals and objects that illustrate verbal concepts. Public libraries will find a definite demand for this book from parents of pre-schoolers and primary-grade children. Teachers will also find that this overview will be a good way to let children know that they are already on the path to reading.?Louise L. Sherman, Anna C. Scott School, Leonia, NJ
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Edition details

• Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679856447
• ISBN 13: 9780679856443
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 59