The Read-Aloud Family
Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections With Your Kids
Reading aloud never grows old.
Connecting deeply with our kids can be difficult in our busy, technology-driven lives. Reading aloud offers us a chance to be fully present with our children. It also increases our kids' academic success, inspires compassion, and fortifies them with the inner strength they need to face life's challenges. As Sarah Mackenzie has found with her own six children, reading aloud long after kids are able to read to themselves can deepen relationships in a powerful way.
Founder of the immensely popular Read-Aloud Revival podcast, Sarah knows first-hand how reading can change a child's life. In The Read-Aloud Family, she offers the inspiration and age-appropriate book lists you need to start a read-aloud movement in your own home. From a toddler's wonder to a teenager's resistance, Sarah details practical strategies to make reading aloud a meaningful family ritual. Reading aloud not only has the power to change a family--it has the power to change the world.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I: THE TIME IS NOW
Chapter 1: Why Reading Aloud Will Change the World
Chapter 2: Equipped: The Best Investment
Chapter 3: Enlightened: On Becoming Heroes and Heroines
Chapter 4: Empathetic: Slipping into Another Person's Shoes
Chapter 5: Engaged: Meaningful Connections through Stories
PART II: HOW TO BUILD YOUR FAMILY CULTURE AROUND BOOKS
Chapter 6: The Art of Literary Matchmaking
Chapter 7: Good Books: You Are What You Read (Aloud)
Chapter 8: Ease: It's Simpler Than You Think
Chapter 9: Whim: This Actually Counts?!
Chapter 10: Atmosphere: Creating a Book Club Culture in Your Home
Chapter 11: Identity: I Am a Reader. Who are You?
Chapter 12: Time and Place: The Siren Song of Modern Distractions
PART III:100 BOOKS TO READ WITH YOUR KIDS BEFORE THEY LEAVE HOME
Chapter 13: How to Use this Booklist
Chapter 14: Meeting Them Where They Are: Age 0-3
Chapter 15: Meeting Them Where They Are: Age 4-8
Chapter 16: Meeting Them Where They Are: Age 9-12
Chapter 17: Meeting Them Where They Are: Age 13-15
Chapter 18: Meeting Them Where They Are: Age 16+