Reading Magic by Mem Fox gives parents and caretakers lots of good reasons for reading aloud to children. And the author’s website contains some practical tips on how to read aloud.
Reading Aloud
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Good tips by a good author. If people haven’t read any Mem Fox books to their children, I would definitely recommend them to try one, like Wombat Divine or Wilfrid Gordon Macdonald Partridge.