In this text, the author considers the attitudes and philosophies underlying the hearing of reading and the origins of the practice. She also analyzes what happens when we are reading, and studies ways in which listening to children's reading can be used fruitfully and economically. One chapter is devoted to miscue analysis, including a way of recording miscues simply (for teaching records), and the last two chapters of the book examine the practical implications of reading aloud in the context of the whole language curriculum.