reading
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Why Hearing Someone Read to You Is Such a Turn On
Reading aloud is an activity that we associate with the cosy comfort of children’s bedtime stories. Certainly, children’s classics from The Gruffalo to the Alice books are produced knowing that when they come to be read, the chances are that an older person will be reading them aloud to a younger one. The extensive benefits…
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5 Books to Help People Better Understand Racism
Here are five books that can help young people build racial literacy around the varied forms of racism and discrimination
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Turn Off Spell Check on Your Kid’s Computer
One of the things I have enjoyed as the parent of an elementary student is watching how my son’s spelling has evolved over the years. When he’d bring classwork home as a kindergartener and first grader, it could be a bit of a puzzle to decipher his writing. The letters themselves were clear (he’s always…
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How to Read More Books in 2021, With The Root’s Danielle Belton and Maiysha Kai
This week we’re joined by Danielle Belton, editor in chief of The Root, and Maiysha Kai, the managing editor of The Glow Up, to talk all things books. More specifically, how to read more of them in the coming year, and how to upgrade your reading list to get you ready. Listen to hear these two…