I hope children fall in love with books.
The current state of reading and testing
Is reading to children the responsibility of parents or of schools?
How about launching a book-reading campaign, like the anti-smoking campaign?
Is reading still important in the digital age?
I hope children fall in love with books.
Reading to children is an opportunity to change their lives.
What's new in this revised edition?

01 Why should I read it?

Reading is the foundation of learning and the key to solutions.
Is there a method as simple and effective as reading a book?
Reading is more beneficial than speaking for building vocabulary.
Listening is the foundation of speaking, reading, and writing.
As we move up the grades, the wonder of reading fades.
There are two principles to reading life.
The more you read, the better you become at reading.
Will Phoenix help?
The best way to gain background knowledge is to read or listen to books.
What's the Link Between Reading, Vocabulary, and Brain Aging?

02 When should I start reading and when should I stop reading?

The baby remembers
What power does reading a book once a day have?
Textbooks alone cannot close the vocabulary gap.
A father and daughter's 3,218-day reading adventure
What are the benefits of reading to children with disabilities?
One-on-one reading is the most effective way to improve concentration.
3B Kit to Help You Read
A child's listening and reading levels become equal around the second year of middle school.
Read books to teenagers?
It's never too late to read a book.

03 In what order should I read them?

What books are best for newborns?
How do babies react when you read to them?
What book should I read next after Mother Goose?
Why do children read the same book over and over again?
Questions are a child's basic learning tool.
How to Transition from Picture Book to Novel
When can I start reading chapter books?
Which chapter books are good for kindergarteners?
Not all novels are suitable for reading.
A good picture book transcends age and grade.
Should I put away the book I chose wrong, or read it to the end?
Do I have to take a test after reading the book?

04 Reading Alone: ​​A Companion for Reading Books

Reading is an acquired skill.
What is the true benefit of reading alone?
How to teach independent reading
Reading alone should be done because you want to read.
The principle of independent reading also applies to the home.
Even though we know the importance of reading, why don't we read books?
Why don't they tell us to read books when they tell us to brush our teeth?
Can Computer Reading Programs Help You Read?
Are there any other problems with computer reading programs?
How Does Lexile Affect Independent Reading?
Series are children's literature.
How Oprah's Book Club Became a Success

05 Why Mute Fathers Need to Change

For boys, book choice is important.
Why is fathers' involvement so important?
How can we change mute fathers?

06 How do electronic media affect reading?

How much screen time is appropriate?
Will the kids still watch TV?
Can TV Help You Read?
Why Should We Establish Family-Only Media Rules?
How about listening to an audiobook?
E-books have become a reading option.
What are the pros and cons of e-books for children?
Will paper books become obsolete?
Can educational apps help with reading?
How to receive online materials
There must be an 'Ah' moment before the 'Aha' moment comes.

07 Visual Literacy and Reading

Why is visual literacy important?
What are the design elements of picture books?
How do illustrators use artistic elements?
How to read a book without words
How are graphic novels different from comic books?
How to read a story in graphic format
What is an interactive book?

08 Why is reading books so important?

Reading books is a way to learn vocabulary and grammar.
To write well, you have to read and read again.
Reading prodigies have four things in common.
Open-ended questions develop early reading skills.
Stories awaken a child's mind and heart.
Not all children read novels and become absorbed in books.
How about reading a poem?
Reading to children is a message of love.

09 Do's and Don'ts

Things to do
Things you shouldn't do

Treasure Trove is a great book to read aloud.

As a congratulatory gift for expectant parents, as a training material for new teachers,
The final edition of a million-seller that has become a classic reading book after eight revised editions.
The book that inspired the birth of EBS FM [Reading Radio]
A book selected by Penguin Books as one of the 75 most important books in its 75-year publishing history.

“I hope children fall in love with books.” After the first bell rang in 1979 to shake off society’s indifference, the book spread like a beacon fire across 30 states in the U.S. and Canada. It was officially published by Penguin Books in 1982, and the following year, it was on the New York Times bestseller list for 17 consecutive weeks.
The beacon fire spread to the UK, Australia, China, Indonesia, Spain, Japan, and Korea, sparking a reading craze, and by the time the eighth edition was published in 2019, it had become a classic beloved by millions of parents and teachers.
This book became the inspiration for the launch of EBS FM's [Reading Radio] in 2012, and in 2010, Penguin Books selected it as one of the 75 most important books in its 75-year publishing history.

This book clearly explains how to make children familiar with books.
The idea is to read to your child for 15 minutes a day, from when he or she is in the womb until he or she turns fourteen.
You might ask why I read to a grown child, but that's because a child's listening and reading levels only become the same around the age of fourteen.
Until then, there was a significant difference in the child's listening and reading levels, so even stories that were difficult for the child to understand when reading on his or her own were understandable when read to him or her.

Reading to a child plants seeds of sounds, syllables, endings, and consonants in their ears (and brains) to help them learn to read easily, fall in love with it, and practice that love throughout their lives.
Moreover, since reading is the foundation of all learning, reading aloud is the most effective (and cheapest) educational tool than any other tool, such as flashcards, worksheets, assignments, or tests.


This book introduces the benefits of reading to others, examples proving this, and methods for raising children to become lifelong readers.
In other words, it explains, step by step, specific methods for enjoying the joy of reading to children, such as why you should read to your child, when and how long you should read to him/her, in what order, what to do and what not to do when reading to him/her, and how to guide independent reading (as a companion to reading to him/her), based on pleasant anecdotes and research.


With each new edition, Jim Trellis incorporates new research and information, changing approximately 40% of the book's content.
This revised edition (original 8th edition/Korean 4th edition) not only revises and supplements the previous edition with new content, but also adds content on reading for the visual generation.
Now a reading option, it covers the pros and cons of e-books, the impact of electronic media on reading, the importance of visual literacy, exploring the design and artistic elements of picture books, and how to read wordless picture books, graphic novels, and interactive books.


At the end of the book, a new list of recommended books suitable for reading, ranging from picture books to novels, is introduced. This Korean edition includes around 100 books that have been translated and published in Korea among the 300 or so books in the original text.