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We believe few things that you do are more important than reading to your kids early and often. Reading to them is a great way to get them using the language centers of their brain. lus! reading aloud to your kids can be a blast. "n #arch of 20$2 we put out a post of our favorite books to read aloud to our kids before the age of ten. Well! the post turned out to be a bit of a crowd%pleaser. #any educators and parents asked us to put together a printed version of &'( )ooks *very Geek +hould Read to Their ,ids )efore -ge $0.& While we never intended this to be a comprehensive list of what you should read to your kids! we certainly missed some obvious choices. -fter we published our list! we received a huge number of wonderful suggestions from readers. Their suggestions were placed into a second post! &)ooks Geeks +hould Read to Their ,ids. /our -dditions to 0ur 1ist.& They are also included here. *n2oy and happy Reading3

67 Books Every Geek Should Read to Their Kids Before Age 10

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