{"product_id":"before-words-judith-t-lysaker-9780807759172","title":"Before Words: Wordless Picture Books and the Development of Reading in Young Children","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this book, the author challenges reductive views of emergent literacy prevalent in many of today's kindergarten and pre-K classrooms. As an alternative, Lysaker explains how reading wordless books with young children helps them to develop a range of comprehension abilities that are important for understanding narrative texts. Readers will find concrete methods to help them gauge, document, and respond to children as they make meaning of and respond to wordless books. Through description and analysis, the text reveals the undervalued richness of young children's emergent comprehension and the intricate, purposeful nature of their specific early thinking activities. \u003ci\u003eBefore Words\u003c\/i\u003e encourages readers to think about young children's comprehension as complex meaning-making and suggests new ways of responding to the unique sense-making tools young children use during wordless book reading. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Features: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDemonstrates how young children develop reading comprehension abilities even before learning to read print.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExpands on reading as more than just a technical skill.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEngages the whole child and scaffolds their formation of relationships with other people, including peers, teachers, families, and communities.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNurtures students' creativity, positive relationships with storytelling, and social-emotional growth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOffers guidance for building a wordless book library, including a selected list of books.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Judith T. Lysaker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807759171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807759172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Teachers College Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/23\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.60d","brand":"Judith T. Lysaker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48587652333823,"sku":"9780807759172","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/before-words-judith-t-lysaker-9780807759172","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}