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The enchanted hour : the miraculous power of reading aloud in the age of distraction Cover Image Book Book

The enchanted hour : the miraculous power of reading aloud in the age of distraction / Meghan Cox Gurdon.

Gurdon, Meghan Cox, (author.).

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  • ISBN: 9780062562821
  • ISBN: 0062562827
  • Physical Description: xix, 278 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Harper paperbacks edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-250) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.

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Subject: Oral reading.
Oral reading > Social aspects.
Oral reading > Psychological aspects.
Children > Books and reading.
Reading > Parent participation.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
East Grand Forks Campbell Library 649.58 GURDON 2020 (Text) 522167 Non-Fiction Available -

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