This paper describes a school-home reading project that was developed to support culturally and linguistically diverse beginning readers, and offers practical suggestions for starting such a program. First-grade classrooms from 5 Chapter 1 schools in a large suburban school district are participating in the project. Teachers in these classrooms send books and audiotapes home on a daily basis to supplement the classroom reading instructional program. The audiotaped books provide an opportunity for students to hear English storybooks in their home environment, using familiar literacy instructional materials from school. Practical suggestions addressed in the paper include selecting books, preparing audiotapes, acquiring tape recorders, organizing home-school materials, introducing home-school procedures to children, and assessing the effectiveness of the home-school reading program. To accommodate a range of interests and reading difficulty levels, over 150 books with commonly used English language patterns were selected for use. The books range in length from 14 words to complex narrative stories. To develop daily home reading routines, the project provided access to literacy materials (books, audiotapes, tape recorders), training in procedures for their use, and regular communication with parents about the reading activity. Parents and teachers who participated in the project have observed a definite increase in children's fluency and reading independence, as well as increased student interest in books. (Contains 25 references. An appendix lists selected books used in the project, along with the publisher, level, and number of words for each book.) (Author/RS)