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More Classics to Read Aloud to Your Children
Reading aloud is the single most important contribution an adult can make to a child's success in school. More Classics to Read Aloud to Your Children, like its predecessor, Classics to Read Aloud to Your Children, gives parents and other adult readers the help they need to share an experience with children that is both important and fun.
Educator William E Russell, Ed.D., has compiled a collection of great stories, poems, and excerpts from novels and plays that spans centuries and styles. Complete with introductions and pronunciation guides for each selection, and divided into three different listening levels (for children 5 and up, 8 and up, and 11 and up), these classics make accessible and entertaining tales for reader and listener alike.
From Hans Christian Andersen's "The Emperor's New Clothes" and Shakespeare's Macbeth, to stories by Mark Twain, O. Henry, and Nathaniel Hawthorne, and scenes from Little Women, Through the Looking-Glass, Beowulf, Treasure Island, and Helen Keller's autobiography, these stories will delight any child. More Classics to Read Aloud to Your Children includes speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr., along with a selection of poems, from Shakespeare's sonnets to "Arithmetic" by Carl Sandburg and "Birches" by Robert Frost.
Reading aloud, says Dr. Russell, creates "teachable sparks of interest in learning about where or when or how an event in the story occurred; moments at which a child practically demands to be taught." Like the original Classics to Read Aloud to Your Children, this book serves a growing need among children and adults for that "teachable moment" and is destined to become a classic in its own right.
Educator William E Russell, Ed.D., has compiled a collection of great stories, poems, and excerpts from novels and plays that spans centuries and styles. Complete with introductions and pronunciation guides for each selection, and divided into three different listening levels (for children 5 and up, 8 and up, and 11 and up), these classics make accessible and entertaining tales for reader and listener alike.
From Hans Christian Andersen's "The Emperor's New Clothes" and Shakespeare's Macbeth, to stories by Mark Twain, O. Henry, and Nathaniel Hawthorne, and scenes from Little Women, Through the Looking-Glass, Beowulf, Treasure Island, and Helen Keller's autobiography, these stories will delight any child. More Classics to Read Aloud to Your Children includes speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr., along with a selection of poems, from Shakespeare's sonnets to "Arithmetic" by Carl Sandburg and "Birches" by Robert Frost.
Reading aloud, says Dr. Russell, creates "teachable sparks of interest in learning about where or when or how an event in the story occurred; moments at which a child practically demands to be taught." Like the original Classics to Read Aloud to Your Children, this book serves a growing need among children and adults for that "teachable moment" and is destined to become a classic in its own right.
264 pages, Hardcover
First published November 19, 1986
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March 2, 2024
A truly excellent collection of poems and short fiction for children, divided by age categories. It is a sequel to an earlier collection (hence the title "MORE Classics . . .").
November 24, 2009
After privately wishing for more poetry and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s I Have A Dream speech in my reading of the original Classics to Read Aloud to Your Children, I felt that this sequel was tailored to me, for, in addition to my requests, included also were two of Shakespeare's sonnets, a retelling of Mac Beth, Elizabeth Barrett Browning's How Do I Love Thee? and an excerpt from Little Women.
If a third is created (I'm sure it will be entitled: "EVEN MORE Classics to Read Aloud to Your Children"), it will join the other two on my library shelf.
If a third is created (I'm sure it will be entitled: "EVEN MORE Classics to Read Aloud to Your Children"), it will join the other two on my library shelf.
December 18, 2025
This book I found in an imported books fair in Toko Gunung Agung Surabaya. At first I was being indecisive whether to buy it or not, but because I am a big fan of classics and this book compiled the long-loved classic stories, poetry, and even speeches to be told to children, so I think it's worth it.
The writer, Dr. Russell, also added the meanings of some words that are not yet understandable by children, which is I think very helpful for people who doesn't speak English as their mother language (like me) :).
I am very happy to have this book among my collection of classics.
The writer, Dr. Russell, also added the meanings of some words that are not yet understandable by children, which is I think very helpful for people who doesn't speak English as their mother language (like me) :).
I am very happy to have this book among my collection of classics.
June 6, 2014
Thank you library! Great collections of short stories. Reading time durations are provided. Stories are broken into the listening levels of my kids. Great way to introduce awesome stories (Beowolf, Pandora's Box) to my kids.
October 22, 2009
I've quickly becoming a fan of reading aloud to my children. They love it, they are secretly increasing their vocabulary, and any excuse for a quiet moment with your kids is a great thing.
November 24, 2009
My mom read this to me. My favorite stories were Pandora's Box, The Emperor's New Clothes, MacBeth, Dick Wittington and His Cat, Little Women, To Build a Fire, and Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp.
December 30, 2012
My 9 year old loves these stories and so do my husband and I. It is nice to have MORE classics to read in addition to the first collection.
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