Includes bibliographical references and index.

Celebrating the joy and wonder of children's thinking -- Mathematizing interactive read-alouds -- Book types and selection -- Open notice and wonder reads -- Focused reads : story explore and math lens -- Idea investigations : extending the read-aloud experience -- Learning together as educators -- Family and community connections.

"This book is about merging math and literacy goals during the read aloud experience. Allison and Tony explore different types of read alouds-both those that are written with a math focus (like a counting book) and those that don't appear to be mathy. The book focuses on how to plan and enact different kinds of reads (math-focused, story-focused) of read alouds with the big goals of allowing kids to mathematize books and the world around them"--