Introduction -- Main idea and supporting details -- Summarizing a story -- Makin predictions and drawing conclusions -- Using context clues -- Comparing and contrasting -- Sequencing and cause & effect -- Facts, opinions, inferences, and hyperboles -- Expanded sentences -- Poing of view and characters -- "Reading illustrations -- Poetry and rhymes -- Conclusion -- Answer key

Presents a guide to reading critically, offering tips and activities to improve reading comprehension, covering such topics as point of view, context clues, rhyme schemes, and deciphering fact from fiction. The ability to read critically is an essential skill vital to success in school. For example, do you know what point of view means? Or how to "read" a picture? Can you tell fact from opinion? Well, whether you're a kid who's just starting to read by yourself or a future librarian --or both! --this book of tips and activities to improve your reading comprehension skills is so much fun you'll forget you're learning! Filled with exercises to help young readers practice skills like identifying context clues and a story's main idea, plus practical tips and tricks from bestselling author Dan Gutman, this book will help you become the best reader in the history of the world!