R is for Reading Books

R is for Reading Books is an ABC picture book to teach children how to read by familiarizing them with the letters of the alphabet corresponding with names of favorite children's books. R is for Reading Books' gorgeous pictures entertain children delightfully with mesmerizing beauty depicting favorite children's books. R is for Reading Books is a different kind of ABC book because this beautiful ABC Picture Book teaches the secrets of reading hiding within the ABC's. It opens children's eyes to unlock the secret reading mystery so they can read their very best!

R is for Reading Books in its depiction of children's favorite book titles, old and new, accomplishes this task by exemplifying with a corresponding English alphabetic letter sound per book title. Explanation in rhythmic rhyme about "why" represented alphabetic letter sounds make the sound as they do; and, explanation in rhythmic rhyme is also given when letter sounds have unexpected sounds which do not sound as expected. The rhythmic rhyme of the book adds an easy flow for a lot of learning to be absorbed in a fun way through playful language without the children really noticing how much they are learning while having fun and simultaneously engaged in the aesthetics of appreciative pleasure of enjoying beautiful pictures and building a repertoire of children's literature for inspired reading.

The authentically of the English alphabet letter names as represented by their varied sounds as presented in R is for Reading Books are based upon the author's professional trainings, professional readings, as well as  her experience and tricks of the trade that she learned along the way to simplify any particular phonetic teachings over the many years she taught reading to produce successful, proficient readers!

According to rowlandreading.org/  two-thirds of American students cannot read proficiently? Statistics like this is why the author wrote, R is for Reading Books!

Moreover, to ensure the authenticity of the letter sounds as presented in R is for Reading Books for modeling accurately on behalf of children, parents, and educators, the author has matched the author's knowledge with congruent, time tested, enduring professional resources. Often the need arises to reassure parents, educators, schools/school districts that a book selection as a teaching source for teaching the critical skill of reading is compatible with research and well known teaching/instructional sources that have stood the test of time as being appropriate and reliable.

Subsequently, the author has taken the extra step to include in the Appendix of  R is for Reading Books a listing of Professional Resources that may be researched and consulted for confirmation of authenticity and accuracy of letter sound presentations in R is for Reading Book if inquiring minds desire to know more.

The Appendix provided is for any parent or educator who "actually" purchases this book to read  this book in its entirety to be informed knowledgeably if they seek to know more. To this effect, included are time tested, acclaimed professional resources like: The ABC and All Their Tricks by Margaret M. Bishop and The Writing Road to Reading: The Spalding Method for Teaching Speech, Spelling, Writing, and Reading by Romalda Bishop Spalding. The author double checked what was already in her head about teaching reading based upon the English language's sound-alphabetic letter relationships with wonderful professional sources as listed above and, additionally, cited in the book's Appendix to provide insight regarding the book phonetic presentation.

R is for Reading Books has, further, received the seal of approval as being linguistically accurate exemplified by the Linguistic Analysis of  Reading Literacy Guru Don Potter!   
donpotter.net/pdf/r-for-reading-analysis.pdf