[.ca] How to Get Your Child to Love Reading (ISBN 1565123085)

Reading Resource Extraordinaire!:
What a fun, cleverly written book! Codell's writing is inspiring as well as informative. She provides tons and tons of ideas for reading materials on all manners of topics from social studies to bath time. But she doesn't stop there! She also includes clever ideas to make reading come to life for kids. As an avid lover of resource and child education books, I admit I only own few but this one is a keeper. I would recommend this for parents of infants through early elementary students. If you are looking for reading material to augment your child's life experiences or classroom experiences, I believe this book would be a valuable asset. Happy Reading!

This book is impossible to borrow, you have to buy!!!:
I checked this book out from the library, interested in this whopping 500 page book! I had heard about the author from her Educating Esme book. I was interested in what she had to say, being a teacher myself. This book is quite inspiring, for children, teachers, and parents alike!!! I am obviously a huge advocate for children being surrounded by books and as well as ordering from scholastic every month, I scan the titles at the local bookstores, hoping that someday, the book fairy will come down and wave his/her magic wand at me! All silliness aside, reading about reading always gets me excited! I have no idea where she came up with all of those titles, she must have done tons of researching, because there are over 3000 titles in this book alone! I loved the little pages full of advice and ideas... example: Your Job: Connect children with books. Basically, if they want to be an accountant, read: Alexander, who used to be rich last Sunday. If they want to be in hotel management, read Rabbit Inn. Her chapters range for ages from infants to teenagers, stopping at interesting subjects in between! Books in the bath, alphabet and counting books, wordless books, unbirthday stories, civil war, slavery, Africa, Asia, the list goes on and on! Also, there are lots of little advice columns for those that need help. She responds, Dear gentle reader... I wish there was a book around when I was younger so I could have a greater access to all of these titles! Reading to children is the most important thing we can do for them because it spells out love and caring! I have to buy it!

Features over 3,000 hand-picked titles:
This treasure trove features over 3,000 hand-picked titles on all kinds of topics, and has been both child-tested and teacher-approved. From books which begin with read-alouds to support for parents of reluctant readers and indexes for locating books by subject, this packs in activities, ideas for storytimes, and all kinds of book-reinforcing fun for the kids. Many creative ideas for parents wanting to instill a love of reading abound here, making How To Get Your Child To Love Reading very strongly recommended.

Esme strikes again!:
What an amazing author! What an incredible book! From the woman who brought us "Educating Esme" comes another gem that helps those who help kids. If you love to read, to wallow in the sheer delight of works scampering across the page and want to share this with a child.... If you wish to bring a reluctant reader back into the fold... If you work as a teacher, Librarian, Parent, Mentor, caregiver...if you touch a child's life at all then this book is for you!!! Not only does her wit shine through, making this an enjoyable read, but she has practicle and applicable ideas. There are a variety of things that you can do for the slow, reluctant and non-reader, and her advise is sound. If you skim a chapter, read a hunk, or devour the whole book please pick this up....amazing and fun, useful and practical....researching for work has never been this much fun! Thank You Esme!!!

Don't be Put Off by Author's Exuberance:
I agree with the enthusiastic reviews here and just wanted to add that, if one finds the author's style annoying (I do), this is still a great book. I didn't buy this book at first due to the overly-zealous style. On a second look-through I bought it, read it, and have bought multiple copies as gifts ever since. Terrific ideas to keep a child's interest as well as wonderful recommendations.