Enjoy an excerpt from "The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud"

For many of us, reading out loud or being read to simply recalls our early childhood days.

But throughout history, it has been a revolutionary — even miraculous — act.

In this excerpt from The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction, you’ll see what we mean.

The book, by Meghan Cox Gurdon, examines how reading aloud makes adults and children smarter, happier, healthier, more successful, and more closely attached, according to its blurb.