Intended to document the change in attitudes toward adults (parents and teachers) reading aloud to children since the late 1950s and to determine if the practice is strongly correlated to early fluency for young readers, this annotated bibliography also provides a research review, makes recommendations for reading aloud to children, and lists additional references. Titles of the chapters in the bibliography are as follows: (1) "Statement of the Problem"; (2) "Purpose of the Study"; (3) "Organization of the Study"; (4) "Limitations of the Study"; (5) "Definition of Terms"; (6) "Search for an Answer: The Early Studies"; (7) "Discovery: Durkin and Clark"; (8) "Replication and Validation"; (9) "Extension and Explanation"; (10) "Application: In School"; (11) "Application: At Home"; (12) "Application: Preschool and Afterschool"; (13) "Application: Repetition"; (14) "The Affective Domain"; (15) "Summary"; (16) "Conclusions"; and (17) "Recommendations." Fifty-eight references and background information on the author conclude the bibliography. (SKC)