Reading to someone, or being read to, is a beautiful, intimate act. It is a comforting balm against the world, a time to ...

Reading aloud is useful not just with kids, but many friends and romantic partners also like being read to. Even at work, if you read aloud well, it can be engaging. Here, I offer tips on how to read ...

From bedtime stories to storytime on the classroom rug, read-alouds are a powerful educational tool for students across grade levels. Reading aloud can capture young people’s interest in stories and ...

Cathi and Jason Buttron of Neenah started reading to their 5-year-old triplets at a very early age. Story time became part of daily routine, from snuggling on the couch to bedtime. "I love to read, ...

I almost didn’t recognize her. With flat-ironed hair and makeup, Madeline did not look like the gangly sixth grader with frizzy red hair who I remembered from my class four years ago. “Hi Mrs. Miller, ...

Today, 5 February, is World Read Aloud Day (WRAD). The Publishers' Association of South Africa (PASA) and Nal'ibali, South Africa's reading-for-enjoyment campaign, invite you to help spread a love of ...

A mother and her tween daughter are browsing titles in a locally owned independent bookstore. The young girl is perusing the extraordinary Newbery Honor–winning memoir-in-verse Brown Girl Dreaming by ...

Professor of Children's Literature & Childhood Culture, Queen Mary University of London Reading aloud is an activity that we associate with the cosy comfort of children’s bedtime stories. Certainly, ...

When good readers read aloud, it sounds like music. The music of reading aloud is called reading prosody, or, in everyday language, reading with expression. Researchers looking at reading prosody ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this story included incorrect information about Paul W. Hankins. He is from Sellersburg, Ind. and has been teaching for six years. Mention teachers’ practice of ...