THE BOOK READER
The authors have been teaching children to read for some twenty years and they conduct reading workshops for parents. Reading a book with your child, creating story activities, learning the alphabet, building a sight vocabulary, telling a story, putting things in order. The activities in this book have been used by Gordon and Zweig at home and in school. They work. The lively drawings throughout add to the festivities of learning and entering a new world of possibilities. This is an imaginative volume for beginning readers that makes learning fun. Gordon and Zweig have the kind of imagination that would make learning anything an exciting adventure.

THE JEWISH STATE
Ellen Gordon and Eileen Zweig wrote LET'S READ TOGETHER: A PARENT'S GUIDE TO BEGINNING READING (formerly OPERATION BOOKWORM: Reading Activities Your Child Will Love), a book demonstrating ways reading can be interactive and enjoyable. "A lot of parents want to help children with reading, but they don't know where to start, Zweig said. "This book puts it all together for them." Not only does the book have reading activities that involve parents in their children's development, but it explains the reading process. The book is linked to a volunteer reading program OPERATION BOOKWORM in which parents, community members, and teenagers learn special reading techniques and read to children individually. In May, 1999 Gordon and Zweig were awarded the Best Practice Award by the NJ Department of Education for this program. "The basis of the book and the program is to give kids the tools to become independent readers and thinkers," Gordon said.

THE SOUTH BRUNSWICK POST
Ellen Gordon and Eileen Zweig have gotten the children reading. Now they're turning their focus to the parents. With their new book LET'S READ TOGETHER: A PARENT'S GUIDE TO BEGINNING READING (formerly OPERATION BOOKWORM: Reading Activities Your Child Will Love) Ms. Gordon and Ms. Zweig hope to enlighten parents about the benefits outside activities can have on developing children's reading habits. "Here is a new way for parents to look at the reading process with children, " Ms. Zweig said. "It goes beyond just reading a book and saying 'good night'." The book features follow-up activities, ABC games, and other extra reading experiences designed for parents to play with their children. "This book will show parents the benefits of giving kids extra one-to-one reading time," Ms. Gordon said. "It guides them through the ABCs of reading with children."