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Joyful Noise
Catching readers before they fall
Sharing the pleasures of reading
Reader's theater scripts
El Lector
Treasures
The reading promise
In defense of read-aloud
Reading Magic
Read! Perform! Learn! 2
Columbus meets Isabella and Ferdinand
The Ant and grasshopper show
Elements of elocution
Studies in the Masoretic Tradition of the Hebrew Bible
Improvising Shakespeare
Storytelling with music, puppets, and arts for libraries and classrooms
Fluency Practice Read-Aloud Plays: Grades 1-2
Little, Aloud with Love
Telling Stories Your Way
The Notebook
City kids, country kids
Read-Aloud Mini-Plays With Leveled Parts
Children's Book Corner
The Reading Promise
Parents' Guide
The art of interpretative speech
The six-minute solution
Building Fluency. Grade 1
More Classics to Read Aloud to Your Children
Readers' Theater
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