Show 1 1 ’I i “ - I J x:-- t - & CHARLES LAUGHTON SAYS’ TRY FAMILY ADING! It can be a wonderful way to encourage children to read and on top of that it's an exciting shared experience for all the Here are tips on teen-age- rs how to do it by America’s No U 'ft children all under eleven I have followed This Week’s 'Wake Up And Read' series with special interest What is the best way to encourage children to read — and to enjoy reading?" ANSWER t Very simple Provide it your- UP AND DEAD! actor Charles Laughton a famous reader-out-lola the third In THIS Week's “Wake Up And Read!" series In the first TVs Dr Frank Baiter gave his “Vltaniin-- 4 List Of Good Books' for ages seven to 70 In the second Jhan and June Robbins furveyed the current controversy over methods of teaching reading Here Mr Laughton film taking Ume out from directing Paul Gregory's out-lofor case a makes The Hunter" Of strong "The Night leisure form of living an exciting family reading as This article by ud ud V 18 reader-out-lo- ud A QUESTION i Mrs Paul Viaiio of Walpole Mass writes: As the mother offour WAKE 1 self Sit down in your own living room with your favorite books — it doesn't matter what they are — and take turns reading to each other Five years ago in This Week Magazine 1 urged you to discover the joys of reading aloud Since then such reading has flowered in a great revival Theater readings have been very successful recordings by poets like Dylan Thomas and Edith Sitwell reading their own works have been selling in large numbers My own recording of Bible reading has been purchased by a gratify-ingl- y large number of people Recordings of more than 60 plays — from Shakespeare to Christopher Fry — are now available You can hear William Saroyan bulldozing through “Jim Dandy” and “Fat Man In A Famine” Bernard Shaw discoursing on war and peace or Sean O’Casey T S Eliot and James Joyce reading their own works Hundreds of reading clubs have been organized in cities where our group read “Don Juan In Hell” But of all reading pleasures I assure you nothing will top the enjoyment you can get from reading out loud with your own family If you have not yet discovered this for yourself I want to urge you again in light of the great reading revival now in progress to reap these rewards: 1 It is grand fun 2 It is a shared experience that draws families and friends closer together 3 It puts your child in a reading atmosphere and encourages him to learn to read and to love books la the Pakiic Grcw-Up- ? During the past 10 years 1 have discovered that people everywhere in this country have a common shy hunger for literature The entertainment industry used to say that the public's mental age was 12 years but I suspect that was repeated by men who were afraid to believe anything else Well over half a million Americans came to hear us read “Don Juan" The fact is that Americans have always Continued on page 20 TkU Wmk MmgmaU — Juty 17 S9SS |