Hey! Listen to This: Stories to Read Aloud

by Jim Trelease (Editor)

Fairy tales, folklore, and famous stories from around the world are here presented in read-aloud language, with an introduction to each, further reading suggestions, and information about the authors.

Genres: Parenting, Childrens, Nonfiction, Education, Short Stories, Books About Books, School

417 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1992

About the author

A graduate of the University of Massachusetts ('63) and native of New Jersey (Orange, Union and North Plainfield), Jim Trelease was for 20 years an award-winning artist and journalist before turning his career toward education in 1979 when he wrote the first edition of The Read-Aloud Handbook.

Now the grandfather of three boys and two girls, he resides with his wife Susan in Enfield, Connecticut.

from http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/bi...

Reviews

[Vfc · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this eons ago. An anthology of read-aloud snippets designed to entertain young minds, this paved the way to introducing my youngest to the love of literature.

A treasure meant to instil an enjoyment of being read to…this book is witty and entertaining especially age-appropriate for those uninterested little minds unwilling to read for pleasure, making story time a delight.

An introduction to defining the connection between being read to, and a child’s desire to read.

This includes biographical information about the contributing authors from around the world.

[Camille · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book! I found this gem in the social sciences section at the library and I'll be checking it out again.

This book included great biographical information about the authors and had chapters from their books so you could read a taste. Many included enough information about what was happening in the story beforehand that you could read them as stand alones and not feel cheated. Some complete stories were also included.

I have a copy of Mr. Trelease's other book about read aloud stories and have enjoyed it as well.

[Vivian · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you don't happen to have a copy of Cricket's Choice c. 1974 on your shelves, not to worry -- you can still find Gianni Rodari's hilarious Little Green Riding Hood in Trelease's anthology of all time hits.

We finished off our "Color-rific" story time with this story, using a very simple paper-bag puppet with changeable hoods, because today's craft was to make their own Any-Color-Riding-Hood paper sack puppet to take home.

[David Ward · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hey! Listen to This: Stories to Read Aloud by Jim Trelease (Penguin Books 1992) (808.8) is an anthology of read-aloud tales from "some of the best children's books ever written." They're all here: Homer Price, Ramona the Pest, Aesop; this book is full of good stuff. It is filled with close to 400 pages of stories for those who love to read and those who love to be read to. My rating: 7/10, finished 10/10/13.

[Carmel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such an incredibly cute collection of stories. I read these aloud to my 9 year old son, and while some of the vocabulary was above his grade level, he understood it very well. I loved that this collection included some classic re-tellings of classics (The Emperor's New Clothes) and some modern/ethnic re-tellings of classics (Cinderella).

As a HS English teacher, I'm a bit confused as to where this could be used in a school setting--the writing seems to be at an upper middle to high school level, where we don't really read stories out loud to students anymore. If I could read to my high school students, this would be my go-to pick.

[Sarah A · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting book. The editor has pulled stories and book selections from all over the world into a guide for parents on choice material. He provides a brief biography of each author and a purpose or story behind the story to help us understand where the author was coming from and where they are going.
Useful, fun book. Interesting insights.

[Nina Cast · Rating 4 out of 5]

Of the 48 tales told here, only a handful are actually complete tales, most are one or two chapters of the books, however each tale has a story about its author which is in fact equally as interesting.

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVE this book. I read it aloud to Wren and Spence and still occasionally pick it up to read one of the stories. Our favorite was The Pudding Like a Night on the Sea from The Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron. When Spence was one and Wren was five, they would both laugh out loud at this story. :-)

[Shannon]

This is a great book for all parents - a wonderful collection of short stories, folk tales and book excerpts to read aloud to your kids. I like the background it gives on the authors. Who knew that Beverly Clearly (one of my childhood favorite authors) struggled with reading at first?

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some great stuff in here for ideas for read alouds -- something that is very big around here. Also some good ideas for books on CD, our next most favorite thing. I might be a bit biased; Jim Trelease had me reading to my kids when then were in vitro. Yea, yea.. I'm a total nut, what can I say?

[Lori · Rating 4 out of 5]

Small samples of read aloud books as well as some very interesting facts about the authors...some biographical, how they came about writing the story, drawing the illustrations etc.

[Ronna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great book recommendations.

[Julie Fukuda · Rating 3 out of 5]

The information about the authors was interesting and there were good suggestions about further reading.

[Shayne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of great stories in here, got a fair number of books that I want to read now. Highly recommended.