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Give Me My Yam!: Read and Share
Friendly advice for reading fun included in every book!
READ AND SHARE is a unique first library for parents and children that helps build early readers’ confidence. Grouped in four progressive levels, Read and Share books - available individually for the first time - are specially selected for qualities that encourage literacy skills and a love of reading.
Sixteen top-quality books with notes for extending reading fun inspire the confidence parents and children need to experience the joys of reading . . . together. Plus an informative Parents’ Handbook!
What is Read and Share?
—An expert selection of sixteen high-quality picture books by superb authors and illustrators, featuring a multicultural array of subjects, including poetry and rhymes, traditional songs, stories, and information books
—Four progressive levels - Beginnings, Early Steps, Next Steps, and Taking Off - each including four fabulous picture books
—Two full spreads inside each book offering suggestions and activities inspired by the story, designed to help parents and children get the most out of each book - and build a foundation for reading success
—A separate 24-page, full-color Parents’ Handbook providing extensive practical information and detailed answers to many of the questions parents ask about encouraging their children’s literacy
READ AND SHARE is a unique first library for parents and children that helps build early readers’ confidence. Grouped in four progressive levels, Read and Share books - available individually for the first time - are specially selected for qualities that encourage literacy skills and a love of reading.
Sixteen top-quality books with notes for extending reading fun inspire the confidence parents and children need to experience the joys of reading . . . together. Plus an informative Parents’ Handbook!
What is Read and Share?
—An expert selection of sixteen high-quality picture books by superb authors and illustrators, featuring a multicultural array of subjects, including poetry and rhymes, traditional songs, stories, and information books
—Four progressive levels - Beginnings, Early Steps, Next Steps, and Taking Off - each including four fabulous picture books
—Two full spreads inside each book offering suggestions and activities inspired by the story, designed to help parents and children get the most out of each book - and build a foundation for reading success
—A separate 24-page, full-color Parents’ Handbook providing extensive practical information and detailed answers to many of the questions parents ask about encouraging their children’s literacy
- GenresPicture Books
32 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1998
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September 17, 2019
My first book that depicted a non-white/ non-European protagonist. Takes us back to the frustration and wonder children feel.
April 13, 2011
This book tells a traditional carribean tale of a boy who loves yams, but when things keep going wrong he doesn't think he'll ever get his yam back. When I first read this I didn't exactly understand it, but after doing some research on it, I discvoered some things this book could be used for- culture, foods, and gifts that are important in your culture and what happens if you lose them. This book will probably be a little different than what students are used to, but ti can lead into some great questions.
November 7, 2015
I like the cultural aspect of this story but I won't read it to my kid as I don't want the modeling of a demanding, angry-faced kid.
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