... of companionship, attention, security and physical closeness that reading together involves. Reading to babies also accelerates their ability to learn words. "Being read to stimulates the children's imagination, language and emotional skills and helps them to develop an enquiring mind, as they question what they"re hearing or seeing on the page" (Britain's best weekly magazine 2002:35). They also have ... to accept reading as a joy and books should be a source of great enjoyment and pleasure. "Children can quickly learn "reading behavior"-how books work, turning pages, following picture...

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