Reading Magic
{{Short description|Non-fiction book by Mem Fox}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox book
| name = Reading Magic: How Your Child Can Learn to Read Before School - and Other Read-aloud Miracles
| image = File:Reading Magic.jpg
| caption = First edition
| author = Mem Fox
| illustrator = Judy Horacek
| country = Australia
| language = English
| subject = Reading literacy, early childhood
| published = 2001 (Pan Macmillan)
| media_type = Print (paperback)
| pages = 145
| isbn = 9780330362825
| oclc = 62537647
}}
Reading Magic: How Your Child Can Learn to Read Before School - and Other Read-aloud Miracles is a 2001 book by Mem Fox. In it, Fox propounds reading books aloud to children from when they are babies to after they can read by themselves.
Reception
In a review of Reading Magic Booklist noted its "cheerful, chatty style that's totally jargon-free" and recommended it for new parents.{{cite journal |title=Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever. |url=http://www.booklistonline.com/Reading-Magic-Why-Reading-Aloud-to-Our-Children-Will-Change-Their-Lives-Forever-Mem-Fox/pid=1099252 |journal=Booklist |publisher=American Library Association |accessdate=2 December 2016}} January Magazine', in its review, wrote: "Fox' book isn't some boring, didactic treatise on how to improve your child's reading skills. In fact, she's not at all fond of the phonics fanatics, and even discourages making your child read aloud to show their progress".{{cite web |url=http://www.januarymagazine.com/nonfiction/readinggames.html |title=Take Three Books and Call Me in the Morning |author=Pamela C. Patterson |date=May 2002 |website=januarymagazine.com |publisher=january magazine |accessdate=2 December 2016}} Library Journal Review calls it a "rah-rah book on the benefits of reading aloud to children" and "a marginal purchase for public libraries".
Reading Magic has also been reviewed by Publishers Weekly and the School Library Journal.{{cite web |url=https://m.gvpl.ca/s/Record/27659/Reviews |title=Reading magic: why reading aloud to our children will change their lives forever |website=m.gvpl.ca |accessdate=2 December 2016}}
References
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External links
{{Portal|Children's literature}}
- [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62537647 Library holdings of Reading Magic]
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Category:2001 non-fiction books
Category:Australian non-fiction books
Category:Parenting advice books
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