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Summer Reading, Reading Aloud

June 26, 2019

…rambling on here, this isn’t my first blog post about my reading aloud habits. Do you have a book you’d recommend for reading aloud or to myself this summer? Let…

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Reading Aloud

December 16, 2015

I love reading aloud to any willing audience. This week is giving me lots of chances to do so. Reading Christmas-y excerpts from Brian Doyle’s Angel Square to my Book…

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A Potent Argument for Reading Aloud

August 24, 2010

Do you read out loud to your kids? Do you read out loud to your friends? Here’s a very short excerpt of a book I’m reading – Frankie & Stankie…

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Summer Reading

July 9, 2008

…week. No, it’s not that I’m a very slow reader. I was reading the book aloud at the CNIB recording studio, where I’ve been a volunteer reader and technician for…

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Reading at the CNIB

January 13, 2011

…Toronto is Alex MacDonald, who has been reading for roughly twice as long. Ordinarily during a recording session, there is one narrator, seated, reading a book aloud inside the booth….

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September Weekends

September 21, 2016

…offered such a fine book and I know I’m going to enjoy in the months ahead reading it aloud at the CNIB Recording Studio. Sunday evening — Followers of my…

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“An Intimate Examination of Sock Fluff” Part 4

March 7, 2012

…or not you have the time or skills that the CNIB looks for, or the inclination to do this kind of volunteer work, if you’re a writer, reading aloud is…

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Multiple Viewpoint Novels

October 29, 2010

…(I’m reading aloud only the sections of the story that are Amelia’s. A male narrator will be reading the male characters’ sections.) Ragged Company tells the story – stories –…

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A Volunteer-Reader’s Anniversary

March 2, 2011

…to those living with vision loss. It’s a lot of work to prepare a book for reading aloud, but the whole process, whether reading or teching, is also a lot…

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The Dog Who Wanted to Fly video

Children’s Book Resources During Covid19 and Beyond

April 29, 2020

reading! Story Time with Kathy Stinson — 26:32 A reading of Red Is Best and The Dog Who Wanted to Fly, an event live streamed for Northern Ontario Libraries during…

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More on Kids, Books and Libraries

March 26, 2010

I don’t think anyone needs convincing that learning to read is a necessary life skill. Reading aloud to kids is a crucial part of motivating them to want to learn…

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Kathy Stinson - School & Library visits

Schools & Libraries

December 1, 2017 Comments Off on Schools & Libraries

Schools & Libraries Kathy’s aim when talking with students from elementary through high school is always to inspire their interest in reading and in writing. Reading aloud from something she…

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Books and Violins and Music in General

November 13, 2013

…Like one man in his eighties who, after reading the book, recounted to me how music became such an important part of his life, rather late in his life, after…

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5 Highlights of the 2018 IBBY Congress

September 19, 2018

…comment after reading about refugees, “This could happen to anyone.” International understanding through children’s books. Dr. Leila (Roya) Maktabi Fard’s keynote, “Two women, two continents, one aspiration” — in which…

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May is Vision Health Month

May 18, 2010

Because I’m so grateful for my own vision health, and because I love to read aloud (and do it well), I’ve been working as a volunteer reader and technician at…

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When Our Book Club Meets in December

December 1, 2010

When my book group gathers in December, we break from our usual practice of discussing a book we’ve all read. One year I read aloud to the group a story…

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“An Intimate Examination of Sock Fluff” Part 13

December 5, 2012

…school as a teenager didn’t spoil it for me. Good poetry, like all the poems I’ve read today, begs to be read aloud. And so does good prose. Luckily for…

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“Green 15”

September 30, 2015

Sometimes when it was my husband’s turn to drive this summer, I read aloud from William Trevor’s Selected Stories to help pass the miles. We often marveled at how compelling…

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“When I’m Sixty Four”

April 27, 2016

…CNIB, and an avid member of a book group. (No surprise there really. My favourite part of being a teacher was reading aloud to my students, and I’ve always been…

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