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Index
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Foreword
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part One: Reading to Them
Overview
Chapter One: Books for Babies
A Future of Page Turns
From the Horn Book family
What Makes a Good Mother Goose?
Trashing Elmo
More Great Books for Babies
Chapter Two: Picture Books
Stores of Transferable Energy
From the Horn Book family
“Again”
The Words
The Pictures
How to Read the Pictures: John Steptoe’s Baby Says
Design Matters
An Interview with Maurice Sendak
Scary Picture Books
What Makes a Good Alphabet Book?
Accumulated Power
“Have a Carrot”
What Makes a Good “Three Little Pigs”?
What Makes a Good Preschool Science Book?
Delicious Rhythms, Enduring Words
More Great Picture Books
More Great Picture Books
Part Two: Reading with Them
Overview
Chapter Three: Easy Readers
I Can Read a Whole Book
From the Horn Book family
Unlucky Arithmetic
Look
More Great Easy Readers
Chapter Four: Chapter Books
Situations Become Stories
From the Horn Book family
Books Were Everywhere
More Great Chapter Books
Part Three: Reading on Their Own
Overview
Chapter Five: Genres
Introduction
Fantasy
“Your Journey Is Inward, but It Will Seem Outward”
From the Horn Book family
Waking Dreams
More Great Fantasy
Historical Fiction
When Dinosaurs Watched Black-and-White TV
From the Horn Book family
Writing Backward
More Great Historical Fiction
Humor
Banana Peels at Every Step
From the Horn Book family
“What’s So Funny, Mr. Scieszka?”
More Great Humor
Adventure
Know-How and Guts
From the Horn Book family
The Incredible Journey
More Great Adventure Books
Chapter Six: Nonfiction
Introduction
Nonfiction
Cinderella Without the Fairy Godmother
From the Horn Book family
The Missing Parts
More Great Nonfiction
Biography
A Story, by Someone Else, More than a Hundred Pages
From the Horn Book family
An Interview with Russell Freedman
More Great Biographies
Science
More than Just the Facts
From the Horn Book family
Three Tests
What Makes a Good Dinosaur Book?
More Great Science Books
Poetry
Up the Bookcase to Poetry
From the Horn Book family
Gazing at Things
More Great Poetry
Chapter Seven: Girl Books and Boy Books
Introduction
Girl Books
Telling the Truth
From the Horn Book family
Becoming Judy Blume
Everygirl
Grow Up with Us, You’ll Be Fine
More Great Girl Books
Boy Books
Go Big or Go Home
From the Horn Book family
The Masculinity Chart
Stats
An Interview with Jon Scieszka
More Great Boy Books
Chapter Eight: Messages
Introduction
From the Horn Book family
What Makes a Good Sex Ed Book?
Reading about Families in My Family
What Ails Bibliotherapy?
An Interview with Katherine Paterson
Part Four: Leaving Them Alone
Overview
Chapter Nine: Books for Teens
The Discovery of Like-Minded Souls
From the Horn Book family
Where Snoop and Shakespeare Meet
What Makes a Good Thriller?
An Interview with
Holden at Sixteen
The Guys’ Clubhouse
More Great Books for Teens
Conclusion
Resources
Bibliography of Recommended Titles
Further Reading
Notes on Contributors
Credits and Permissions
About the Author
Copyright
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