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The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction

di Meghan Cox Gurdon

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Family & Relationships. Psychology. Nonfiction. HTML: 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. .… (altro)

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This was a very enjoyable read, that is, I had a good time reading it and was entertained and pulled along throughout. And while I think Gurdon does a good job laying out an argument for reading aloud (especially to children, though to anyone, really), her discussion often felt unnuanced, both in its seeming complete disavowal of screens (from reading Enchanted Hour you'd be forgiven feeling that Gurdon has never fallen in love with a movie or TV show or ever had an experience of sharing in an imaginative world that came from *anywhere else* than a book) and in the way it ignores real barriers to reading aloud (is she talking only to college-educated, middle-class, (white?) folks here? it seems like maybe she is. which, eh.). I also found myself wondering repeatedly if she had investigated whether reading aloud continued to work its magic with people who previously didn't like reading. Do parents who don't read themselves enjoy reading to their kids? Do their kids enjoy the read alouds? Do adults who don't like to read enjoy being read aloud to? So many questions unanswered. A nice read, and it makes it pretty clear that reading aloud is good for development and familial bonding, but there's so much work the book could have done that it doesn't that it's hard to recommend. (

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lycomayflower | Aug 1, 2022 |

This book champions reading aloud to children and teens. The author cites research as she makes her arguments for its benefits. She briefly touches on benefits for the adult reading (or listening). Technological threats to reading aloud earns a place as a major theme. The book is perhaps too academic in tone for most adults and not academic enough for the academic market. The use of hidden end notes limits its academic usefulness even more. An appendix lists read-alouds, but its lack of annotation limits its usefulness to parents unfamiliar with the books. Still the book presents interesting information, but perhaps not in an engaging manner. (

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thornton37814 | Feb 21, 2020 |

It could be me. It could be the German translation. I can't force myself to read any more of this. Horribly boring.

I'm not sure how useful the Brain scans are. Lying still in a scanner with something playing in earphones and watching pictures on a screen is a totally different situation from normal being read to. In fact it is much more like using a tablet.

Ancient Greeks reciting the Iliad is impressive, but has very little to do with reading a book to a child today.

Perhaps this gets better, but I won't be finding that out. (

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MarthaJeanne | Feb 6, 2020 |

Excellent read for anyone! Hopefully it will inspire everyone to share reading aloud more at all ages. While much of the information is not new to educators, pediatricians, & some parents, it is still very relevant, especially as it relates to children using technology, versus being read to by an attentive reader. I especially enjoyed the vignettes of adults reading aloud to other adults, teachers reading to teenagers, and the amazing research about the value of reading to preemies! (

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Family & Relationships. Psychology. Nonfiction. HTML:

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.

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