Introduction: From Pickled Peaches to the Moon: The Lifelong Power of Reading, Rhyming, and Romping
1. "I Found Just What I Wanted!": Begin with Books
What Can You Do?: At the Preschool
What Can You Do?: At the Library
What Can You Do?: At Home
Heather Recommends: 12 Interactive Picture Books
2. Wow! Words!: Learning Language
What Can You Do?: At the Preschool
What Can You Do?: At the Library
Heather Recommends: 17 Books with Unusual Words for Library Story Time
What Can You Do?: At Home
Heather Recommends: 16 Books with Unusual Words for Story Time at Home
Heather Recommends: 19 Books for Picture Book Conversation (Dialogic Reading)
Heather Recommends: 13 Books about Feelings
Heather Recommends: A Dozen Poetry Books for the Young
More Word Games and Activities
What Can You Do?: At the Preschool
What Can You Do?: At the Library
What Can You Do?: At Home
Heather Recommends: Nine Books to Help Write a Book
4. Boobooshots and Other Stories of Stories
What Can You Do?: At the Preschool
What Can You Do?: At the Library
What Can You Do?: At Home
In the Classroom or at the Library: Felt Board Stories
Heather Recommends: More Than 14 Folktales That Are Easy to Learn
5. Sing a Song, Rhyme a Rhyme
What Can You Do?: At the Preschool
Heather Recommends: 10 Games to Teach Phonological Awareness
Heather Recommends: 13 Rhyming Books to Read Aloud in the Preschool
What Can You Do?: At the Library
Heather Recommends: 18 Rhyming and Rhythm Books for Story Time Success
What Can You Do?: At Home
Heather Recommends: 16 Books for Rhyming Fun at Home
6. B Is Buh and Other Alphabet Discoveries
What Can You Do?: At the Preschool, at the Library, and at Home
Heather Recommends: 10 Simple Alphabet Books for Baby
Heather Recommends: Seven Alphabet Books for Toddlers
Heather Recommends: Nine Alphabet Books for Preschool
A Literacy-Rich Day: 26 Ways to Celebrate the Alphabet
Still More Fun with Letters
More Books to Celebrate Letters
Heather Recommends: 52 Books to Celebrate the 26 Letters
Heather Recommends: Five Books of Story Time Rhymes
Heather Recommends: Nine Books of Action Songs and Rhymes
Heather Recommends: 44 Stories Just Right for Babies
Heather Recommends: 20 Stories of Creativity and Imagination
Heather Recommends: 14 Stories of Growing Up
Heather Recommends: 30 Stories That Make You Feel Good or Create a Mood
Heather Recommends: 25 Stories with Surprises
Heather Recommends: 18 Stories to Make Children (and Their Care Providers) Laugh
Heather Recommends: 28 Stories That Invite Participation
Heather Recommends: 17 Stories That Play with Words
Heather Recommends: 21 Stories of All the World
8. What's So Important about Reading Aloud: What the Research Tells Us
The Importance of Reading Aloud
The Development of Learning to Read
9. Read More, Learn More: Print Resources, Websites, and Early Literacy Programs
Heather Recommends: 20 Print Resources about Early Literacy, Brain Development, and the Importance of Reading Aloud
Early Literacy Programs: 18 Places to Explore on the Web
10. A Parent, Two Teachers, and a Librarian: Thoughts about Early Literacy
