His reading aloud was constantly improving, and histories were more like radio plays. Perdu suspected that these small children, listening with eyes wide and in rapt concentration, would one day grow up to need reading, with an accompanying sense of wonder and the feeling of having a film running inside your head, as much as they needed air to breathe. Nina George
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People who read aloud to small children are wonderful. When people listen to these people, they see the world in a very different way. The world used to be just flat and boring, but now it has shadows and curves and smells and tastes. Reading aloud helps you understand the world better than you would if you just saw it with your own two eyes.

Source: The Little Paris Bookshop

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