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Jim Trelease, also known as James Joseph Trelease was born in  Orange, New Jersey, USA. He is an American educator, journalist and author who stresses reading aloud to children as a way to instill in them the love of literature. He earned a BA degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1963. While working for a Massachusetts daily newspaper, he began weekly volunteer visits to community classrooms, talking with children about journalism and art as careers. He lectured to school groups and educational gatherings across the nation from 1979 until 2008. He has written several books include: The read-aloud handbook, Hey! Listen to This, and Read All about It!.