Can I Read to You?

Educational consultant Dr. Michelle Albright offers tips on how to use this compilation of 14 story segments featuring children reading aloud. Accompanied by close-ups of each book and onscreen read-along options, Can I Read to You? combines music and sound effects as the kid orators deliver realistic readings with emphases on individual words that definitely signify comprehension. Stories include Todd Dunn's rhyming We Go Together, Karen Nagel's Shapes That Roll, Thacher Hurd's silly Bad Frogs, and a dual chanting rendition of Mary Ann Hoberman's Miss Mary Mack, among others. The winsomely presented stories, together with Albright's suggestions for helping young viewers develop a love of reading, makes this easily recommended. Aud: K, E, P. (J. Williams-Wood)