Edited by Betsy Nies and Melissa García Vega, Caribbean Children's Literature, Volume 1 History, Pedagogy, and Publishing was published by University Press of Mississippi in May 2023. Kiera Vaclavik (director of the Centre for Childhood Cultures at Queen Mary University of London) writes, “This is a very important book, offering a far more comprehensive and detailed engagement with children’s…
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This article was originally published on The Conversation.
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 of reading aloud to children are well documented. Researchers have found that toddlers who are read to become children who are more likely to enjoy strong relationships, sharper focus, and greater emotional resilience and self-mastery.
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Unsurprisingly, then, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends reading aloud to children. It s even used by sociologists as one of the most important indicators of life prospects.