How to Read a Story

Description

Step One: Find a story. (A good one.) Step Two: Find a reading buddy. (Someone nice.) Step Three: Find a reading spot. (Couches are cozy.) Now: Begin. Accomplished storytellers, Kate Messner and Mark Siegel chronicle the process of becoming a reader: from pulling a book off the shelf and finding someone with whom to share a story, to reading aloud, predicting what will happen, and-finally-coming to The End. How to Read a Story playfully and movingly illustrates the idea that the reader who discovers the love of story finds, at the end, the beginning.

When Kate Messner was little, she used to follow her parents' dinner guests around the house with piles of books, hoping for a read-aloud. These days, she's paying it forward, writing stories and sharing them with kids. Kate lives on Lake Champlain with her family and is especially fond of reading outside in the summertime. Learn more at www.katemessner.com. Mark Siegel was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and grew up in France. He is the illustrator of To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel, written by his wife, Siena Cherson Siegel, a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book; Seadogs: An Epic Ocean Operetta, written by Lisa Wheeler, winner of the Texas Bluebonnet Award; the author of Moving House and several other graphic novels and children's picture books. He lives in New York.

A primer not merely on how to read, but on how to read a picture book aloud and enjoy it.--School Library Journal An entertaining and educational introduction and overview to the experience of tackling a new book.--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Here's to the next generation of readers: may they love reading to each other, with exciting and confident voices!--GeekDad Indiana Too Good To Miss State Reading List 2018 The buddy system is celebrated along with the literary life.--The San Francisco Chronicle There is a moment when a child first becomes a reader. That's the moment to capitalize on, as 'How to Read a Story, ' does beautifully.--The New York Times