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" 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Bringing 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. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook. "
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Biographisches: " Meghan Cox Gurdon is an essayist, book critic, and former foreign correspondent who has been The Wall Street Journal's children's book reviewer since 2005. Her work has appeared widely, in publications such as The Washington Examiner , The Daily Telegraph , The Christian Science Monitor , The Washington Post , The San Francisco Chronicle , and National Review . A graduate of Bowdoin College, she lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with her husband, Hugo Gurdon, and their five children." Biographisches: " Meghan Cox Gurdon is an essayist, book critic, and former foreign correspondent who has been The Wall Street Journal's children's book reviewer since 2005. Her work has appeared widely, in publications such as The Washington Examiner , The Daily Telegraph , The Christian Science Monitor , The Washington Post , The San Francisco Chronicle , and National Review . A graduate of Bowdoin College, she lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with her husband, Hugo Gurdon, and their five children." Rezension(3): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: October 15, 2018 Gurdon, children’s book reviewer for the Wall Street Journal , combines a consciously old-fashioned, anti-technology perspective with modern, data-driven cognitive arguments to advocate for face-to-face reading with children early and often. Gurdon focuses especially on the value of the picture book to build connection, regulate attention and emotional awareness, transmit cultural values, and give children feelings of mastery through repetition. In trying to cover her subject thoroughly—she also discusses the value of reading aloud to vulnerable adults, such as hospitalized seniors—Gurdon sometimes contradicts her own points. For instance, she posits recordings as being of lesser value for not being interactive, but also that parents recording books for their children shows the value of reading aloud,similarly, that classics should not be retired for their prejudices and outdated messages, but also that home readers should modify what they read at will for their audience. This completism, combined with Gurdon’s choice not to explain, until the end of her book, how to create an “enchanted hour” of reading aloud, may lead to readers losing interest partway, leaving them with the feeling she is still trying to convince long after they are ready to take action. Agent: Stephen Barbara, InkWell Management. " Rezension(4): "〈a href=http://lj.libraryjournal.com/ target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/libraryjournal_logo.png alt=Library Journal border=0 /〉〈/a〉: Starred review from November 1, 2018 The magic of reading aloud benefits everybody, young and old, according to Wall Street Journal book critic and mother of five Gurdon, who advocates for this simple activity using research results, interviews with readers, quotes from literature, and her own family's experiences. Gurdon convincingly describes the importance and delight of sharing books with loved ones. Reading aloud teaches language, cultural touchstones, and even aesthetics through illustrations. Books transport us to other times or places. Studies show that reading to children increases their vocabulary, both in quantity and quality, and that reading to the elderly or infirm strengthens social connections. In conclusion, Gurdon advises families how to read aloud every day, providing an alphabetical list of more than 100 titles and additional suggestions divided by topics such as bedtime, kindness, fairy tales, and classics for older listeners. VERDICT Similar to Jim Trelease's classic The Read-Aloud Handbook , this volume promotes an age-old tradition that originated with oral storytelling. For anybody interested in reading, especially parents, teachers, caregivers, and librarians, this inspirational work proclaims its joys and rewards. --Janet Clapp, N. Clarendon, VTCopyright 2018 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission. " Rezension(5): "〈a href=http://www.kirkusreviews.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/kirkus_logo.png alt=Kirkus border=0 /〉〈/a〉: October 1, 2018 How reading aloud confers cognitive, emotional, and social benefits.In her heartfelt first book, Gurdon, children's book reviewer for the Wall Street Journal, makes an earnest, but unfortunately repetitive, case for reading aloud. Drawing on her experiences of nightly reading to her five children, scientific studies, interviews, and anecdotes, the author argues that when one person reads to another, a miraculous alchemy takes place in which the ordinary stuff of life--a book, a voice, a place to sit and a bit of time transforms into astonishing fuel for the heart, the mind, and the imagination. Children who are read to show a quantifiable difference in brain function compared with children deprived of this activity, according to many pediatricians. Based on such studies, the American Academy of Pediatrics concludes that reading daily to young children stimulates optimal patterns of brain development and strengthens parent-child relationships and, furthermore, builds language, literacy, and social-emotional skills that last a lifetime. Gurdon urges parents to put down phones and iPads in favor of books, underscoring the difference between listening to a story and watching it on a screen. When children follow a story on video, researchers have found the decoupling of vision, imagery, and language. Well-versed in children's literature, Gurdon cites more than 100 books that have the potential to build vocabulary and impart vicarious emotional experiences. In The Story of Babar, for example--which takes under seven minutes to read--the child will see tenderness and catastrophe, fear and comfort, pride and anger, death, marriage, sorrow, and joy. Besides developing language facility, empathy, and cultural literacy, reading aloud creates a deep bond between reader and listener, sweeping them together in a lovely neurochemical tsunami. When we read to other people, she writes, we show them that they matter to us,that we want to give our time and attention and energy in order to bring them something good. An appendix lists six pages of suggested stories for reading aloud.An inspiring argument for sharing the joys of reading. COPYRIGHT(2018) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. " Rezension(6): "〈a href=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com target=_blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/audiofile_logo.jpg alt=AudioFile Magazine border=0 /〉〈/a〉:This wonderful audiobook is a fully enjoyable listen. Meghan Cox Gurdon is the WALL STREET JOURNAL's reviewer of children's books, so it isn't surprising that she brings great insight and passion to this work. What may be surprising, however, is just how good a narrator she is. She sprinkles her delivery with appropriate accents and enthusiasm. Furthermore, her pacing is excellent, and her ability to maintain listener attention is impressive. Half the fun of listening is recalling the children's books from our own pasts and recollecting the joy of reading to little ones. Add in Gurdon's research on the benefits of reading aloud, along with a dollop of screen weariness, and you have an important and engaging audiobook. J.P.S. � AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine" Rezension(7): "〈a href=https://www.booklistonline.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/booklist_logo.png alt=Booklist border=0 /〉〈/a〉: November 1, 2018 This is an earnest entreaty for everyone to start reading aloud?immediately?to every conceivable audience: babies, toddlers, school-age kids, teens, adults, and senior citizens. The many benefits, at the fore of which are precious family memories, also include increased vocabulary, better math and literacy skills, longer attention spans, and better memory recall, and are supported through the cited studies and research. More effective are the well-chosen anecdotes touting the benefits of shared experiences that appear throughout the book, keeping readers, and listeners, engaged?who doesn't like a good story? Author Gurdon, Wall Street Journal children's book-review editor, mentions real-life models (Albert Einstein was an enthusiast) and shares tips and techniques quoted from literary works (for example, how to read Kipling, as excerpted from The English Patient). A final takeaway is that although having a good book and an expressive demeanor are important, the crucial component to reading aloud is carving out the time. Time to read and time to sit and listen are especially hard to come by in our digital age.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2018, American Library Association.) "
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