Book Categories: Adults
So, let’s start a Read-Aloud List Just for us adults. You in? Here’s our challenge – find another adult that you can read to, and will read to you. This could be done by phone or with face-time. Here we go:
📕 Zoogamous by Robert Paul Weston (the title alone should pique your interest)
📘 The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (I won’t tell if you haven’t become a Tolkien. Try reading it aloud. A reading aloud group of The Hobbit would be great fun! You want to start one?
📗 Moo: A Novel by Sharon Creech (This one is on your 9-12 year old’s list, But I know you’re a wee bit curious about it. It’s not just about a cow.)
📙 Of course, all Dr. Seuss’s stories! One of my favorite collections is The Sneetches and Other Stories. (includes two of my favorites: “The Sneetches” and “Yertle the Turtle”)
📒 The Greatest Stories of the Old West Ever Told: True Tales and Legends of Famous Gunfighters, Outlaws and Sheriffs from the Wild West by Jonathan Hun.
I have a friend who loves and collects western novels. He has shelves of them.
Do you remember Gunsmoke, Maverick, The Rifleman, Bonanza, Wagon Train, Rawhide, or Have Gun – Will Travel? I do, too. I watched them with my dad. If you do remember, I think you’ll love these collection.
~ 100 World’s Greatest Short Stories by Various Collectors – it’s part of a series. Hmm – a good starting place – the short story is a great place to start reading to someone. They could become the infamous ‘bedtime stories’ in your family.
~ Personally, I will be starting a Detective Series: The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (books 1-10) by Alexander McCall Smith (unexpected capers, brilliant women, detective work). I’m thinking it might be fun to read these with my husband. I know he’ll laugh. I enjoy the sound of his laughter…
~ The Green Velvet Christmas Dress … a Story of Hope” by Melea J Brock. Every story I write is meant to be told aloud. Start with me this Christmas. I won’t let you down.
I discovered an article in my personal research on the benefits of reading aloud adult-to=adult. I’ certain you’ll enjoy my “gleanings” and Sarah Manavis’s actual article (I know, know. Yes, it’s from The Guardian). And please read my tribute to Jim Trelease. He was a brilliant voice that encouraged me as a storyteller and a parent.
If you wouldn’t mind “adults”, please report back to me [email protected]
Thanks! Melea
I discovered an article in my personal research on the benefits of reading aloud adult-to=adult. I’ certain you’ll enjoy my “gleanings” and Sarah Manavis’s actual article (I know, know. Yes, it’s from The Guardian). And please read my tribute to Jim Trelease below. He was a brilliant voice that encouraged me as a storyteller and a parent.
If you wouldn’t mind dear “adults”, could you please report back to me [email protected] Thanks! Melea
A word of tribute to the one who brought me the encouragement to read aloud to my son and daughter:
A tribute to Jim Trelease
Jim Trelease was an American educator, author (and “hero” to many) who stressed reading aloud to children to instill a love of literature. Wanting to create simpler language than his research and colleagues were prone towards, he decided to create a tool for parents and teachers called The Read Aloud Handbook, which he self-published in 1979. Penguin Books picked it up in 1982. It is still available today.
James Joseph Trelease passed away July 28, 2022, at the age of 81. There’ something powerful about Jim’s own words – his own telling of why he believed reading aloud was life-changing for the parent-child relationship. Here’s a pdf of a Jim Trelease Brochure from 2009 – “Why Read Aloud to Children?” It’s still a great brochure. Thank you, Jim, for all you did for us as educators and parents…
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