The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction Audiobook (Free)

A Wall Road Journal writer’s conversation-changing look at how reading aloud makes adults and kids smarter, happier, healthier, more lucrative and more closely attached, even as technology pulls in the additional direction.

A miraculous alchemy occurs when one person reads to another, transforming the simple stuff of the book, a voice, and a little bit of time into complex and powerful gasoline for the center, brain, and imagination. Grounded in the latest neuroscience and behavioral research, and sketching about The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction broadly from books, 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 children: Reading aloud games consoles, uplifts and invigorates at every age group, deepening the intellectual lives and emotional well-being of teens and adults, too.

Meghan Cox Gurdon argues that this ancient practice is a fast-working antidote towards the fractured interest spans, atomized families and unfulfilling ephemera of the technology era, assisting to replenish what our products 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 understanding of language, stories and pictures.

Bringing together the most recent scientific study, 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 like most.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.