If you put a group of preschoolers in a room and read them a story, do they all hear the same thing? In a recent study, researchers attached brain scanners to children and then watched what happened ...

Today is World Read Aloud Day, a global celebration dedicated to the simple but powerful act of reading aloud. Observed annually on the first Wednesday of February, the day brings together children, ...

The night before a safer-at-home order was issued in her Wisconsin town, all Pernille Ripp could think about was getting to her books. When her middle school opened for a few minutes the next day, the ...

We tend to reserve reading aloud for kids or others who can't read on their own. But beloved children's book author Kate DiCamillo thinks the practice offers a special opportunity for people to ...

The Washington Public Library recently launched Shared Voices, a monthly adult read-aloud circle featuring classic short ...

"Ribsy," Beverly Cleary's story about a "plain ordinary" dog, was published in 1964. My mother read the book aloud to my older brother and me in 1973. I was 9 years old. Our copy of “Ribsy” was from ...