Some books are made for reading aloud.  And if you’re lucky enough to have a little(ish) one around to read aloud to, wonderful things can happen.  This summer, my 9-year-old  niece was having a hard time finishing her copy of The Secret Garden, so she brought it downstairs and we sat on the couch and read it aloud together.  When we finished that, I searched the library for something I thought would be a good next book, and I remembered the Lemony Snicket books, of […]