Books Are for Talking, Too!

Books Are for Talking, Too! is a professional resource promoting oral communication by using the low-text picture-book genre of children's literature. This time-saving guide helps you select quality books that can address a variety of communication skills. It can be used with an individual child, groups of children, or a whole classroom of children—from preschoolers to preadolescents and adolescents. This sourcebook will help you plan sessions, select literature, and facilitate language-learning and literacy, among many other objectives. This edition of Books Are for Talking, Too! has added information on pragmatic language activities, morphological awareness, higher level concepts, and phonological awareness games. It is now divided into five primary sections. Sections 1 through 3 contain researched information on the uses of books; suggestions for looking for more books; and an extensive catalog of books appropriate for preschool and kindergarten, Grades 1 through 5, and Grades 6 through 12. Section 4 contains reproducible parent handouts. Section 5 contains indexes.