News Bits: Reading aloud, the power of reading, inspiring students, helping neighbors

Lately the world seems to suck more each day. Here are a few nice things I’ve found from last week.

Crossing Divides: Why I read aloud to strangers -Janine and her husband read aloud to each other but here’s a group of people who read to each other but who are strangers. Well at first, they’re strangers but most appear to build relationships as they read to each other and then discuss the stories.

According to The Reader – a charity coordinating shared reading across the UK and beyond – rea...