Editions

A Little, Aloud

  • Imprint: Chatto & Windus

  • ISBN: 9780701185633

  • Length: 480  Pages

  • Dimensions: 216mm x 35mm x 135mm

  • Weight: 470g

  • RRP: £12.99

A Little, Aloud

  • An anthology of prose and poetry for reading aloud to someone you care for

  • Angela Macmillan (Edited by)

  • Blake Morrison (Foreword by)

We are on the cusp of a reading revolution. Increasingly, research is uncovering an intimate connection between reading and wellbeing. 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 your husband or wife, a sick parent or child, an elderly relative. With short introductions and discussion topics for each piece there's something here for everyone - from Shakespeare and Black Beauty to Elizabeth Jennings and Bruce Chatwin.

All royalties in full will go to The Reader Organisation, the leading UK charity for reading and health.

  • Imprint: Chatto & Windus

  • ISBN: 9780701185633

  • Length: 480  Pages

  • Dimensions: 216mm x 35mm x 135mm

  • Weight: 470g

  • RRP: £12.99

Reviews

  • I've always known that reading aloud was one of the paths to greater happiness in life. It's rather pleasing to hear of research backing this up convincingly. But reading aloud isn't medicine to be swallowed to make one feel better. It's pleasure. Pure pleasure

    Stephen Fry

  • Reading aloud is an activity that everyone can take part in. It sharpens the intellect, invigorates the imagination and enlarges the scope of human sympathy. If we all read aloud every day, the world would be a better place

    Philip Pullman

  • Being read to is the beguiling beginning of learning to love reading - it opens the door to absolutely everything and anything we might want to do in life

    Joanna Trollope

  • Reading aloud brings health and happiness: guaranteed! I urge you to buy this book, read the wonderful (and funny, surprising, thought-provoking) pieces collected here to someone you care for and see the results for yourself

    Fiona Phillips

  • I read to stroke victims so know first-hand the power of good that reading aloud can do. This first-rate collection is a real treasure trove and I can't recommend it highly enough

    Richard Briers

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