99 Ways to Get Kids to Love Reading: And 100 Books They'll Love (Paperback)

by Mary Leonhardt (Author)

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Amazon.com Review
Mary Leonhardt, longtime English teacher, reading specialist, and author of the terrific Parents Who Love Reading, Kids Who Don't has put her almost 30 years of teaching experience toward providing 99 specific tips to turn your child into an avid reader. From number 1 ("Resolve that a love of reading will be your most important educational goal for your children") to number 99 ("Keep a perspective. Top reading skills should be your most important educational goal for your children but not your most important life goal for your child"), Leonhardt's suggestions are wide-ranging, specific, and highly effective. Leonhardt is an advocate of providing kids with reading material they like (go for the comic books and leave the classics for later). Whether your children are early readers or teenagers, 99 Ways to Get Kids to Love Reading will help you inspire and support your child's lifelong reading habit. --Ericka Lutz

Product Description
he author of Parents Who Love Reading, Kids Who Don't now offers a cornucopia of simple, practical tips that will help children--no matter what their age or level of reading ability--learn to read. A separate section identifies books suited to different kinds of readers, such as girls who love horses, teenagers who like rock bands, and computer nuts.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 124 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press; 1 edition (May 13, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0609801139
• ISBN-13: 978-0609801130
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #729,075 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Truly a public service! For more detail read Parents, February 5, 1999

By A Customer

I'm a tiny disappointed, tho. It's mostly the same info as Parents Who Love Reading (great!) in a faster format. I bought 99 to get an update. For example, where can you still get comic books? I can't find any. What has replaced them? I loved Richie Rich, et.al., too but the format has disappeared except as collectables. Help! My kid needs something comparable for EASY, FUN, AVID, ADDICTIVE recreational reading!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars 80 Should be listed under "DUH!" and 19 are good, December 8, 2005

By	Otto (San Antonio, TX) - See all my reviews

I didn't actually count, but most of the ways listed were just common sense. There were some ideas that I hadn't thought about, I must admit, but the majority of the book was just stuff anyone with half a brain should know.