Introduction: Using Real Books in the Classroom - The Ten Essential Components of the Program<BR>

"Reading Takes You to Other World". Why do we use real books? What do we know about the reading process?<BR>

Choosing Books for the Classroom: Which books for which child? Four things to look for - content, language, attractiveness, ease of reading; The Real Books for Reading bibliography - how to use it<BR>

Stages of Reading Development and Real Books for Learning: The five stages of reading delelopment - the pre-reader, the beginning reader, the emergent reader, the developing reader, the independent reader<BR>

Sharing Books with Children: The reading conference; reading with the prereading child, the beginning reader, the emergent reader, developing and independent readers<BR>

Organizing the Classroom: How do I organize space and time in the classroom? Activity centers; The theme learning center; The timetable.<BR>

Components of the Reading and Writing Program: How the program works on a day-to-day basis; Read aloud; Individual reading time; Buddy reading; Borrow-a-book; daily writing opportunities<BR>

A Portrait of a Primary Classroom in Action: how literature becomes the spark for learning; Conclusion.<BR>

The Real Books for Reading Bibliography.