Displaying 1 of 1 2019 Author: Gurdon, Meghan Cox, author. Title: The enchanted hour : the miraculous power of reading aloud in the age of distraction / Meghan Cox Gurdon. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019] Format: Book Description: xix, 278 pages ; 24 cm Summary: Examines how reading aloud makes adults and children smarter, happier, healthier, more successful, and more closely attached, even as technology pulls in the other direction. Subjects: Oral reading. Oral reading -- Social aspects. Oral reading -- Psychological aspects. Children -- Books and reading. Reading -- Parent participation. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [223]-250) and index. Contents: What reading to children does to their brains -- Where it all began : once upon a time in the ancient world -- Reading together strengthens the bonds of love -- Turbocharging child development with picture books -- The rich rewards of a vast vocabulary -- The power of paying attention - and flying free -- Reading aloud furnishes the mind -- From the nursery to the nursing home : why reading aloud never gets old -- There is no present like time. ISBN: 0062562819 (hardcover) 9780062562814 (hardcover) 9780062562821 Other Number: 1031917956 Control Number: 1354078 Course Reserves: 0 System Availability: 5 # Local items: 2 # System items in: 4 # Local items in: 1 Current Holds: 0 Place Request Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Availability Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
