6/5/2023 0 Comments Bill martin jr brown bear![]() He credited his grandmother, a gifted storyteller, and his fifth-grade teacher, who read to his class every day, for enticing him into the world of reading and writing. ![]() Martin often made animals his main characters - “fluting” flamingos and “braying” zebras - which he described with words that a child might not recognize at first, but could begin to understand by listening. “He made learning how to read something emotional, not just didactic.” “Bill was the soul of modern reading instruction,” Ken Goodman, a former president of the International Reading Assn., told The Times on Monday. He was also one of the first children’s authors to tour schools and bookstores, promoting his new books by reading aloud to children, often accompanied by music and dancing.įor a time in the 1950s he was the host of a regional television program, “The Storyteller,” and years later produced audiotapes of his books. ![]() He pioneered a participatory approach to learning, with stories that encouraged a child to answer the questions that were raised throughout a book. ![]()
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