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A Little, Aloud, for Children
Angela Macmillan
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Description for A Little, Aloud, for Children
Paperback. Research shows that the seemingly simple act of being read to brings remarkable health and happiness benefits. It stimulates thought and memory, encourages the sharing of ideas and feelings, hopes and fears. It enriches our lives and minds. This book offers a selection of prose and poetry especially suitable for reading aloud to children. Editor(s): Macmillan, Angela. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AK; YDC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 151 x 216 x 35. Weight in Grams: 492.
Research shows that the seemingly simple act of being read to brings remarkable health and happiness benefits. It stimulates thought and memory, encourages the sharing of ideas and feelings, hopes and fears. It enriches our lives and minds.
This unique book offers a selection of prose and poetry especially suitable for reading aloud to children. It includes extracts ranging from modern day favourites (David Almond, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Neil Gaiman) to old classics (Kipling, Dickens, E. Nesbit), and features a foreword from Michael Morpurgo. Each piece has been chosen by the Reader Organisation, whose team has unique experience ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Random House Children´s UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857534170
SKU
V9780857534170
Shipping Time
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99-99
About Angela Macmillan
The Reader is a national charity dedicated to bringing about a reading revolution by making it possible for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities to enjoy and engage with literature on a deep and personal level. Their Shared Reading groups, in which books and poems are always read aloud, reach across all ages, demographics and settings from nurseries and ... Read more
Reviews for A Little, Aloud, for Children
The importance of reading aloud to children cannot be underestimated, and this anthology is designed not only to facilitate that but to help inculcate a love of books in youngsters, especially those who regard reading as uncool or too much like hard work.
The Financial Times
Absolutely impeccable anthology of short poems and prose excerpts designed for self-contained ... Read more
The Financial Times
Absolutely impeccable anthology of short poems and prose excerpts designed for self-contained ... Read more