It’s not the school’s job to get our kids reading, it’s our job – and it’s a wonderful, magical act of love and caring.” - James Patterson, international bestselling author “Parents and grandparents shouldn’t miss The Enchanted Hour, but more important, we all need to heed this delightful book’s wise advice: Please read to your kids.
Meghan Cox Gurdon’s book is the most charming, gentle encouragement to step away from your phone, and into the embrace of your family’s most vivid imaginations.” - Sarah Ivens, author of Forest Therapy “ The Enchanted Hour enthralled and inspired me in equal measure. “Don’t pick up this bewitching book! It’s so enchanting you won’t be able to put it down.” - Mem Fox, author of Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes and Reading Magic An important and engaging audiobook.” - AudioFile Magazine pacing is excellent, and her ability to maintain listener attention is impressive. “This wonderful audiobook is a fully enjoyable listen. “An inspirational account that will make you want to grab a book and share it with someone you love.” - Sun (UK) “This book shines a light on the incredible power of reading aloud for everyone – not just children. A joyous book that’ll have you scrambling to the library.” - Yours Magazine (UK) For everyone, reading aloud engages the mind in complex narratives for children, it’s an irreplaceable gift that builds vocabulary, fosters imagination, and kindles a lifelong appreciation of language, stories and pictures.īringing together the latest scientific research, practical tips, and reading recommendations, The Enchanted Hour will both charm and galvanize, inspiring readers to share this invaluable, life-altering tradition with the people they love most. Meghan Cox Gurdon argues that this ancient practice is a fast-working antidote to the fractured attention spans, atomized families and unfulfilling ephemera of the tech era, helping to replenish what our devices are leaching away. But it’s not just about bedtime stories for little kids: Reading aloud consoles, uplifts and invigorates at every age, deepening the intellectual lives and emotional well-being of teenagers and adults, too. Grounded in the latest neuroscience and behavioral research, and drawing widely from literature, The Enchanted Hour explains the dazzling cognitive and social-emotional benefits that await children, whatever their class, nationality or family background. A miraculous alchemy occurs when one person reads to another, transforming the simple stuff of a book, a voice, and a bit of time into complex and powerful fuel for the heart, brain, and imagination. A Wall Street Journal writer’s conversation-changing look at how reading aloud makes adults and children smarter, happier, healthier, more successful and more closely attached, even as technology pulls in the other direction.
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