The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction Paperback - 2020
by Meghan Cox Gurdon
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Imagine an elixir so strong that a daily dose would make your family smarter, happier, healthier, more successful, and more closely attached. Now imagine that you could have it without spending a dime.
It all starts with a book, a voice, and a place to sit . . .
From a beloved Wall Street Journal columnist comes a book that will transform your understanding of reading aloud. Grounded in the latest brain science and behavioral research, and drawing widely from life and literature, The Enchanted Hour reveals the stunning advantages that await people of every age and background when they partake of this ancient practice.
Meghan Cox Gurdon shows how reading out loud is a fast-working antidote to the fractured attention spans, atomized families, and unfulfilling distractions of the tech era. From a thrilling look at what happens in a toddler's brain when a grown-up reads a story, to the way shared books are keeping far-flung military families connected; from the imaginative transport of classic novels, to the rejuvenating late-life consolations of poetry and prose: the evidence is clear and the benefits are irrefutable.
Taking us into hospitals, homes, bookstores, and schools, Gurdon blends cutting-edge science with funny, touching stories of real families--including her own--in a compelling testament to the power of what Charles Dickens called the "spoken syllable."
Lively and authoritative, with practical tips and reading recommendations, The Enchanted Hour will inspire readers to share this invaluable, life-altering tradition with the people they love most--and perhaps rediscover an enchanted slice of their own childhoods in the process.
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- Title The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction
- Author Meghan Cox Gurdon
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Paperbacks
- Date 2020-01-21
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780062562821 / 0062562827
- Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.8 in (20.07 x 13.21 x 2.03 cm)
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Themes
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Oral reading, Children - Books and reading
- Dewey Decimal Code 649.58
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