Empowering Young Readers - by Dina Moore & Cheryl C Durwin (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

Anyone who reads with young children will benefit from this book designed to provide a fun, evidence-based approach to shared reading. Empowering Young Readers offers a straightforward approach for creating meaningful dialogues while reading as well as practical recommendations for getting the most out of your cherished reading experiences.

Review Quotes

Empowering Young Readers does a masterful job describing a common education practice, shared reading. The authors not only explain its importance for building children's language skills, but they also provide readers with a treasure trove of activities to try out in their home, classroom, or library. A thoughtful selection of children's books is used to illustrate dialogic reading and explicit vocabulary instruction and provides readers with specific guidance to ensure that their instruction is evidence-based, engaging, and impactful. A must-read for anyone who interacts with young children.

The dialogic reading approach in Empowering Young Readers: Dialogic Reading with Integrated Vocabulary Enrichment is a powerful reading intervention for children that need to improve and practice vocabulary, language, and comprehension. Dina Moore and Cheryl C. Durwin make the strategy accessible for teachers, parents, and childcare providers with clear directions and examples.

About the Author

Dr. Dina Moore is associate professor of psychology and co-director of the Reading Evaluation And Development of Skills (R.E.A.D.S.) laboratory at Southern Connecticut State University. Her research interests include literacy development and intervention. She is co-author of the book Preparing Children for Reading Success: Hands-On Activities for Librarians, Educators, and Caregivers.
Dr. Cheryl C. Durwin is professor of psychology and co-director of the Reading Evaluation And Development of Skills (R.E.A.D.S.) laboratory at Southern Connecticut State University. As an educational psychologist, her research focuses on reading acquisition and the development and validation of reading assessments and interventions. She is also co-author of the textbook EdPsych Modules, 4th edition.