“ What happened to the classics? you may ask. Don't you believe in reading great literature to children?Nothing happened to the classics-but something happened to children: their imaginations went to sl… Jim Trelease
“ The brainstorm became known as eCAP (El Crystal Audiobook Project) and added up to sixty iPod kits (from grant money), along with six hundred audiobooks. When a teacher identifies a non-proficient rea… Jim Trelease
“ Which teacher has the bigger influence? Where is more time available for change? Those two numbers—900 and 7,800—will appear over and over in this book. Jim Trelease
“ The more you read, the better you get at it; the better you get at it, the more you like it;and the more you like it, the more you do it. Jim Trelease
“ The eventual strength of our vocabulary is determined not by the ten thousand common words but by how many rare words we understand. Jim Trelease
“ If there were a national time shortage, the malls would be empty, Netflix would be defunct, and the cable-TV companies would be bankrupt. Jim Trelease
“ Since the first edition of this book, much has changed in the world and in American education. And so, too, this book Jim Trelease
“ Which Country Has the Best Readers? One of the most comprehensive international reading studies was conducted by Warwick Elley for the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achie… Jim Trelease
“ The more you read, the better you get, the more better you get, the more you like it; and the more you like it, the more you do it. Jim Trelease
“ So I ask you: whose job is it in this country to wake up comatose parents? Someone better do it soon because knowing television's potential for harm and keeping that knowledge to ourselves instead of… Jim Trelease
“ Background knowledge is one reason children who read the most bring the largest amount of information to the learning table and thus understand more of what the teacher or the textbook is teaching. Ch… Jim Trelease
“ The more you read, the better you get at it; the better you get at it, the more you like it;and the more you like it, the more you do it. And the more you read, the more you know;and the more you know… Jim Trelease
“ The great ones—you can still taste them years later, even remember the exact spot where you met them. You can’t always put your finger on why they linger with you, but they do. Jim Trelease
“ The last thing you want first-graders thinking is that what they’re reading in first grade is as good as books are going to get! Jim Trelease
“ Children whose families take them to museums and zoos, who visit historic sites, who travel abroad, or who camp in remote areas accumulate huge chunks of background knowledge without even studying. Fo… Jim Trelease
