Jam-packed with lists, tools, strategies and lessons, The Read-Aloud Family is a treasured volume worth dogearing for years to come. Whether your kids are two or twenty-two, let Sarah Mackenzie guide you through the power of the family story - both in the books you read and in the life you lead. A true handbook for togetherness.
--Erin Loechner, author of Chasing Slow and blogger at DesignforMankind.com
In The Read-Aloud Family, Sarah Mackenzie has written a true gem. The vetted lists of good books for each age group is priceless in itself. Equally so, Sarah has provided accessible and powerfully written research on why reading aloud is so important to children and families. Sarah is also a natural storyteller. Humanity and family joy rise up off these pages. I highly recommend this book.
--Michael Gurian, bestselling author of Saving Our Sons and The Minds of Girls
The Read-Aloud Family is both empowering and freeing. Sarah Mackenzie inspires any mother to invest and influence from right
where she is with the simple and transforming joy of reading aloud with her children. I can't wait to see the impact this book has on generations to come.
--Ruth Chou Simons, mother of six boys, artist, founder of GraceLaced.com, and bestselling author of GraceLaced:
Discovering Timeless Truths Through Seasons of the Heart
In The Read-Aloud Family, Sarah Mackenzie has written a true gem. The vetted lists of good books for each age group is priceless in itself. Equally so, Sarah has provided accessible and powerfully written research on why reading aloud is so important to children and families. Sarah is also a natural storyteller. Humanity and family joy rise up off these pages. I highly recommend this book.
--Michael Gurian, bestselling author of Saving Our Sons and The Minds of Girls
I’ve devoured books since I was a child, but passing that hunger to learn along to my children is less natural than I expected. Then I found Sarah Mackenzie. She equips book lovers to raise our children to be voracious readers and voracious learners—and
walks us through how to start, even from as early as when they can fold themselves into our laps. As an avid reader and an author and a mom who has filled the rooms of our house with books: what you have found here is GOLD.
--Sara Hagerty, author of Every Bitter Thing Is Sweet and Unseen:
The Gift of Being Hidden in a World that Loves to be Noticed
