Teachers will find a thorough explanation of shared reading with examples that show how a shared reading session unfolds in a classroom. Examples of implicit and explicit teaching demonstrate how shared reading helps children develop a range of strategies for reading and comprehending text. You will also find useful criteria for selecting good books and an analysis of supportive text features for the different needs of the emergent, early, and fluent readers. This practical book also explores how to critically assess the teaching and learning possibilities in shared reading books, and how to use a variety of text types to model purpose, content, and form. Annotated bibliographies provide a quick reference to quality books.