Reviews research on children's early storyreading experience along the following dimensions: historical perspective, the significance of read-aloud, parent-child read-aloud, and teacher-student read-aloud. Shows a need for more naturalistic studies of read-aloud, more studies exploring connections between read-aloud at home and school, more studies on read-aloud to children with diverse backgrounds, and more explorations into cross-cultural and cross-national differences. (SR)