Summer Reading, Reading Aloud
…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…
Read More...Reading Aloud
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…
Read More...A Potent Argument for Reading Aloud
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…
Read More...“An Intimate Examination of Sock Fluff” Part 4
…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…
Read More...September Weekends
…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…
Read More...Summer Reading
…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…
Read More...Reading at the CNIB
…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….
Read More...Multiple Viewpoint Novels
…(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 –…
Read More...A Volunteer-Reader’s Anniversary
…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…
Read More...Children’s Book Resources During Covid19 and Beyond
…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…
Read More...More on Kids, Books and Libraries
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…
Read More...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…
Read More...Books and Violins and Music in General
…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…
Read More...5 Highlights of the 2018 IBBY Congress
…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…
Read More...May is Vision Health Month
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…
Read More...When Our Book Club Meets in December
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…
Read More...“An Intimate Examination of Sock Fluff” Part 13
…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…
Read More...“Green 15”
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…
Read More...“When I’m Sixty Four”
…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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