Jim Trelease - Awards, Honors, and Publications

Awards, Honors, and Publications

• 1979 - Self published 32-page booklet Read-Aloud Handbook for Parents and Teachers, subsequently published by Weekly Reader Books, Middletown, CT
• 1980 - First place for feature writing, Associated Press - New England for feature “Trip to Fenway Drives Home Truth - Right Off the Bat,” Springfield Daily News

Last reprint - Read All About It! (Penguin Books, 1993)

• 1982 - The Read-Aloud Handbook, trade paperback edition (Penguin Books, US)
• 1983 - The Read-Aloud Handbook on New York Times bestseller list for 17 weeks
• 1983 - Read-Aloud Handbook (Penguin-Great Britain edition)
• 1985 - Read-Aloud Handbook (Penguin Australia edition)
• 1985 - Read-Aloud Handbook (Penguin, revised U.S. edition)
• 1988 - Read-Aloud Handbook (Japanese edition)
• 1988 - Jeremiah Ludington Memorial Award for outstanding contribution to reading, presented by Educational Paperback Publishers Association
• 1989 -Designated by International Reading Association as one of eight “Greats of the 80’s” reading educators
• 1989 - The New Read-Aloud Handbook (Penguin, revised, third U.S. edition)
• 1992 - Hey! Listen to This (Viking Penguin), anthology, editor
• 1992 - International Reading Association Print Media Award (1st prize) for “Read Me a Story,” article in February 1991 Parents Magazine
• 1993 - Read All About It! (Viking Penguin), anthology, editor
• 1994 - Elms College, Honorary Doctor of Laws
• 1995 - Read-Aloud Handbook (Penguin, revised, fourth U.S. Edition)
• 1995 - The Read-Aloud Handbook audiobook (Penguin-Highbridge), narrated by JimTrelease, named one of “Year’s Best Audiobooks” by Publishers Weekly
• 2001 - Read-Aloud Handbook (Penguin, revised, fifth U.S. Edition)
• 2002 - Western New England College, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
• 2004 - Read-Aloud Handbook (Spanish edition), Bogota, Colombia
• 2005 - “Turning On the Turned-off Reader,” audio recording by Jim Trelease (Reading Tree Productions)
• 2006 - Read-Aloud Handbook (Chinese edition)
• 2007 - Read-Aloud Handbook (Korean edition)
• 2007 - “Jim Trelease on Reading Aloud,” DVD lecture for parents, teachers, Reading Tree Productions
• 2008 - Read-Aloud Handbook (Indonesian edition)
• 2009 - Read-aloud brochures (series on reading-related issues), produced for use by non-profit organizations for free distribution to parents, teachers, and secondary students www.trelease-on-reading.com/brochures.html