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. 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. How reading aloud confers cognitive, emotional, and social benefits.
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