Hey, hey, heads up. We've got a brand new book coming from a waxing. While everyone is sleeping is a picture book for ages 2 to 102 written by me Sarah McKenzie and

Illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard. Just before first morning light, Little Shrew is awakened by the moon. A

Mysterious fragrance leads her to a garden of moon flowers where mods flutter,

crickets hum and frogs and peepers keep the beat. Join Little Shrew's Mary Rump in the Moonlit Garden in this bedtime story for adventurous souls.

The book releases October 3rd and when you pre-order you'll get a bundle of Happy bonuses. See for yourself and pre-order your copy today at waxwingbooks.com.

You're listening to the Read-A-Loud Revival Podcast. This is the podcast that helps you make meaningful and lasting connections with your kids through books.

What comes to mind for you when I say re-reading? We hear a few things about re-reading here at the Read-A-Loud Revival. Some parents are

wondering whether they should let their kids re-read as much as their kids want to. Others are wondering if a re-read is as important or as

useful as a first time through. Some of you never re-read. You know, the problem of so many books and so little time.

I'm Sarah McKenzie, your host for the Read-A-Loud Revival Podcast, and on today's show, I'm going to make an argument for re-reading on the regular.

I'll be completely upfront with you right now and tell you I'm going to spend the next few minutes trying to convince you that re-reading is perhaps the best kind of reading.

And I am unabashedly admitting right here that I hope you finish out this episode and want to re-read something right away. Whether that's your kids or your own reading, I want to make a case that readers re-read for good reason and with good rewards.

You ready for it? The show notes for this episode are at readaloudrevival.com slash 141. You'll also find this episode as an essay there. If you'd like to pass it on to someone who isn't much of a podcast listener,

then you can send them right to the show notes and they can read the essay. That's at readaloudrevival.com slash 141.

So first, consider how often do you re-watch your favorite movie or re-listen to a favorite album, a favorite song.

Think for just a moment about why you might do that. I asked this question of how often do you re-watch your favorite movie on Facebook?

And I heard a lot of numbers with 10 times being one of the lower responses. And I could not believe how many people said over 100 times.

I mean, most of us have probably seen the Princess Bride a handful of times at least, right?

I saw responses like 25 times, 50 times, Hope Morgan's was my favorite comment. She said, I'm not admitting this and you can't make me.

The thing is, nobody even thought it was a weird question. I mean, we expect to revisit our favorite stories again and again.

Or do we? So what's the deal with revisiting our favorite stories, re-watching movies, listening to a favorite album again?

Indeed, rereading books over and over. Well, there's more here than meets the eye and we're digging into it right here and right now. Let's do this.

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