Reading Aloud and Beyond

The authors provide the practical wherewithal to implement reading aloud as an instructional strategy for both the language arts and the content area disciplines.

FRANK SERAFINI has worked as an elementary school teacher, staff developer, and advocate for public education in Arizona for the past eleven years. After completing his Doctorate in Reading Education at Arizona State University where he taught Literacy Education courses, Frank has moved to Las Vegas and is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, where he teaches courses in Children's Literature, Reading Education and Literacy Research. Frank's new book from Heinemann, entitled The Reading Workshop: Creating Space for Readers, offers novice and experienced teachers practical advice for implementing a literature-based approach to reading in their intermediate grade classrooms. Frank has been a frequent speaker at national and international conferences on such topics as Children's Literature in the Elementary Curriculum, Classroom-Based Assessment, Balanced Reading Frameworks, Using Literature in the Writing Workshop, Promoting ReflCYNDI GIORGIS is an Associate Professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is a former coauthor of the childrens books column in The Reading Teacher and has served on both the Newbery and Caldecott Award committees. She has published and presented extensively on topics related to literature, reader response, and curriculum.