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Jim Trelease
Born
in Orange, New Jersey, The United States
March 23, 1941
Died
July 28, 2022
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“A nation that does not read much does not know much. And a nation that does not know much is more likely to make poor choices in the home, the marketplace, the jury box, and the voting booth. And those decisions ultimately affect the entire nation...the literate and illiterate.”
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“The more you read, the better you get, the more better you get, the more you like it; and the more you like it, the more you do it.”
― The Read-Aloud Handbook
― The Read-Aloud Handbook
“Children whose families take them to museums and zoos, who visit historic sites, who travel abroad, or who camp in remote areas accumulate huge chunks of background knowledge without even studying. For the impoverished child lacking the travel portfolio of affluence, the best way to accumulate background knowledge is by either reading or being read to.”
― The Read-Aloud Handbook
― The Read-Aloud Handbook
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