This manual "not only helps parents and educators understand their own reading experiences, it offers extensive and creative ideas to help children become lifelong readers and writers! At its heart, Trees in the forest captures the essence of our relationship with books, characters, authors, and with one another as we read and discuss stories. This resource can be used as part of any language arts program for years to come..." (From back cover).

"Widely acknowledged as the first English novel, Daniel Defoe's adventure story of a shipwrecked sailor became an instant classic upon its publication in 1719 and the yardstick for countless castaway narratives to follow." "Robinson Crusoe, an English sailor, finds himself marooned on a desert island after the rest of his shipmates drown in a terrible wreck. He survives on the island for nearly three decades, domesticating livestock, cultivating plants,...

This collection brings together some of the best examples of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century short stories. Some are about ordinary people to whom something unexpected happens. Others are about unusual characters or events. Some of the stories are funny and others are more serious. All of them are highly enjoyable."--Cover

Animated characters act out the story "Three little pigs" to help young children with reading, story structure, and story comprehension.

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Presents a model for teaching reading comprehension to young children, providing examples from the author's classroom and discussing inference, question asking, determination of importance, mental images, children's book clubs, and other strategies and activities.