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Introduction: From Pickled Peaches to the Moon: The Lifelong Power of Reading, Rhyming, and Romping |
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1 "I Found Just What I Wanted!": Begin with Books |
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What Can You Do?: At the Preschool |
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What Can You Do?: At the Library |
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What Can You Do?: At Home |
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Heather Recommends: 12 Interactive Picture Books |
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2 Wow! Words!: Learning Language |
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What Can You Do?: At the Preschool |
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What Can You Do?: At the Library |
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Heather Recommends: 17 Books with Unusual Words for Library Story Time |
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What Can You Do?: At Home |
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Heather Recommends: 16 Books with Unusual Words for Story Time at Home |
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Heather Recommends: 19 Books for Picture Book Conversation (Dialogic Reading) |
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Heather Recommends: 13 Books about Feelings |
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Heather Recommends: A Dozen Poetry Books for the Young |
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More Word Games and Activities |
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What Can You Do?: At the Preschool |
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What Can You Do?: At the Library |
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What Can You Do?: At Home |
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Heather Recommends: Nine Books to Help Write a Book |
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4 Boobooshots and Other Stories of Stories |
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What Can You Do?: At the Preschool |
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What Can You Do?: At the Library |
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What Can You Do?: At Home |
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In the Classroom or at the Library: Felt Board Stories |
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Heather Recommends: More Than 14 Folktales That Are Easy to Learn |
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5 Sing a Song, Rhyme a Rhyme |
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What Can You Do?: At the Preschool |
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Heather Recommends: 10 Games to Teach Phonological Awareness |
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Heather Recommends: 13 Rhyming Books to Read Aloud in the Preschool |
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What Can You Do?: At the Library |
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Heather Recommends: 18 Rhyming and Rhythm Books for Story Time Success |
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What Can You Do?: At Home |
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Heather Recommends: 16 Books for Rhyming Fun at Home |
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6 B Is Buh and Other Alphabet Discoveries |
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What Can You Do?: At the Preschool, at the Library, and at Home |
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Heather Recommends: 10 Simple Alphabet Books for Baby |
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Heather Recommends: Seven Alphabet Books for Toddlers |
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Heather Recommends: Nine Alphabet Books for Preschool |
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A Literacy-Rich Day: 26 Ways to Celebrate the Alphabet |
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Still More Fun with Letters |
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More Books to Celebrate Letters |
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Heather Recommends: 52 Books to Celebrate the 26 Letters |
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Heather Recommends: Five Books of Story Time Rhymes |
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Heather Recommends: Nine Books of Action Songs and Rhymes |
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Heather Recommends: 44 Stories Just Right for Babies |
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Heather Recommends 20 Stories of Creativity and Imagination |
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Heather Recommends 14 Stories of Growing Up |
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Heather Recommends 30 Stories That Make You Feel Good or Create a Mood |
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Heather Recommends 25 Stories with Surprises |
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Heather Recommends 18 Stories to Make Children (and Their Care Providers) Laugh |
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Heather Recommends 28 Stories That Invite Participation |
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Heather Recommends 17 Stories That Play with Words |
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Heather Recommends 21 Stories of All the World |
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8 What's So Important about Reading Aloud: What the Research Tells Us |
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The Importance of Reading Aloud |
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The Development of Learning to Read |
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9 Read More, Learn More: Print Resources, Websites, and Early Literacy Programs |
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Heather Recommends: 20 Print Resources about Early Literacy, Brain Development, and the Importance of Reading Aloud |
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Early Literacy Programs: 18 Places to Explore on the Web |
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10 A Parent, Two Teachers, and a Librarian: Thoughts about Early Literacy |
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Index |
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