Today is World Read Aloud Day! When my kids were little, I was lucky to come across The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease (latest edition edited and revised by @CyndiGiorgis). Not only does the book explain all the benefits of reading aloud to children, it also includes a huge, detailed book recommendations section that is updated every few years to add the best of what's recently been published!
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We discovered so many treasures on that list: books, series, and new favorite authors, suitable for every age and stage. We spent literally hundreds of hours enjoying books together.
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If you have kids at home, celebrate World Read Aloud Day with an old favorite book, or maybe something new! If you have grown kids, ask them what their memories are of you reading aloud to them in childhood. (I did this with my kid yesterday, and we had such a good time reminiscing!) Some of our favorite authors we enjoyed reading aloud at different times of life are Janet Morgan Stoeke (@janetstoeke: Minerva Louise picture books); Peggy Rathmann (Good Night Gorilla, Officer Buckle and Gloria); Mo Willems (@mo.willems.studio: Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus); Lemony Snicket (Series of Unfortunate Events); J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter); and Gary Paulsen (Hatchet and many more adventure books).
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World Read Aloud Day illustration by Peter H. Reynolds (@peterhreynolds), author of The Dot.
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