"A playful guide to raising kids who love reading using fun strategies rooted in developmental psychology"-- Teaching your child to read is monstrously important, and there's no better way to do it than with everyday opportunities for laughter and play. The Ankowskis share tips to help you help your child develop an insatiable appetite for reading-- and have a good time doing it! -- adapted from back cover Provided by publisher.

Introduction: The bookmonster right under your nose. Giving birth to your bookmonster. Anatomy of a bookmonster ; The perfect bookmonster call ; Listening to a bookmonster ; Moving like a bookmonster ; The right time to read to a bookmonster ; The right way to read to a bookmonster -- Making your bookmonster feel at home. Setting a bookmonster trap ; A bookmonster's natural habitat ; Bookmonsters on the loose ; Screen time for bookmonsters ; Playtime for bookmonsters ; Bookmonsters travel in packs -- Feeding your growing bookmonster. The best books for your bookmonster ; Speaking a bookmonster's language ; Working a bookmonster's memory ; The magic of a bookmonster's name ; Bookmonsters like laughing ; Two-tongued bookmonsters -- Teaching your bookmonster tricks. Bookmonsters love to spell ; Bookmonsters love to write ; Bookmonsters go wild for weird words ; Bookmonsters keep it real ; Bookmonsters sweat the small stuff ; Bookmonsters say it like they mean it -- Conclusion: Bookmonsters can overcome anything.