Resources for Reading Out Loud | Geekdad from Wired.com

It’s not enough that every time I read them a Dr. Seuss book, especially the “read to me” ones (as opposed to the “I can read” ones), I end up tucking the boys into bed using spontaneous and improvisational couplets, but now I’m being teased with a resource for improving on the accent I use for Hagrid…apparently it’s a popular effort.

The British Library Collect Britain Project. For those of you planning on reading the Harry Potter books to your geeklets, spend a few hours here listening to over 650 extracts from the Survey of English Dialects. Search by place name or date to find that perfect Hagrid accent.

I cant help but get animated when I’m reading stories to the kids, as long as I can avoid “reading” picture books and the horrible Disney collection texts. So I’ll have to explore some of these titles if only to get some tips for those moments during Harry Potter when I run out of available cockney accents.