Somewhere along the line, we’ve convinced ourselves that audiobooks don’t count as real reading. The magic of a read-aloud is achieved when we share stories together. It’s the shared experience itself that makes the biggest impact, whether the voice doing the actual reading is your own, your spouse’s, or a professional actor’s via an audiobook. Children still benefit from correct and sophisticated language patterns coming in through the ear, and they’re inspired to become heroes of their own stories.
