https://readby.io/blog/ Every story is better in their voice. en Tue, 22 Sep 2026 11:52:03 GMT https://readby.io/blog/reading-to-a-baby-who-cannot-follow-a-story-yet/ https://readby.io/blog/reading-to-a-baby-who-cannot-follow-a-story-yet/ Tue, 22 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT A newborn can't follow a plot and may chew the book instead of looking at it. What reading aloud is actually doing at that age, and why it still matters. https://readby.io/blog/public-domain-childrens-books-to-record/ https://readby.io/blog/public-domain-childrens-books-to-record/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT A US-focused list of public-domain children’s books that work well when a parent or grandparent records them one chapter at a time. https://readby.io/blog/recording-a-chapter-book/ https://readby.io/blog/recording-a-chapter-book/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT How to split a recorded chapter book into files, pick a stopping point that settles, not hooks, and keep every chapter sounding like the same reader. https://readby.io/blog/bedtime-when-a-parent-works-nights/ https://readby.io/blog/bedtime-when-a-parent-works-nights/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Night shifts disrupt bedtime because they disrupt the routine, not because a parent is missing. What keeps the routine intact anyway. https://readby.io/blog/recording-with-more-than-one-voice/ https://readby.io/blog/recording-with-more-than-one-voice/ Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT How to split a book between readers, keep the pace steady as the phone changes hands, and decide when to record together instead of separately. https://readby.io/blog/when-a-child-wants-the-same-story-every-night/ https://readby.io/blog/when-a-child-wants-the-same-story-every-night/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Why children ask for the same book night after night, what the repetition does for memory and vocabulary, and how to make the hundredth read easier. https://readby.io/blog/reading-aloud-in-a-language-your-child-is-losing/ https://readby.io/blog/reading-aloud-in-a-language-your-child-is-losing/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Comprehension survives longer than speech, and bedtime is where a heritage language often lasts longest, long after a child stops answering back in it. https://readby.io/blog/a-grandparents-first-recording/ https://readby.io/blog/a-grandparents-first-recording/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Where the recording button actually is on an iPhone and an Android phone, and the fastest way to send a story to a grandchild who lives far away. https://readby.io/blog/recording-for-a-child-who-cannot-sit-still/ https://readby.io/blog/recording-for-a-child-who-cannot-sit-still/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT A moving, fidgeting child is not failing to listen. How to record a bedtime story so it still works for a child who will not sit for it. https://readby.io/blog/what-to-say-at-the-start-and-end-of-a-recording/ https://readby.io/blog/what-to-say-at-the-start-and-end-of-a-recording/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT The two sentences that turn a recording into a message instead of background noise — and why they should stay the same every single time. https://readby.io/blog/bedtime-across-time-zones-split-families/ https://readby.io/blog/bedtime-across-time-zones-split-families/ Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT A live call almost never lands at a good time in both time zones. What to record instead, and when to save the call for something else. https://readby.io/blog/books-that-record-well/ https://readby.io/blog/books-that-record-well/ Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Repetitive, rhyming picture books hold up to being played back nightly. Touch-and-feel, pop-up and wordless books lose the part that makes them work. https://readby.io/blog/making-a-phone-recording-sound-good-in-an-ordinary-room/ https://readby.io/blog/making-a-phone-recording-sound-good-in-an-ordinary-room/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Why a normal bedroom records worse than it sounds, and the free changes to room, phone position and settings that fix it before you press record. https://readby.io/blog/can-i-record-myself-reading-a-published-book/ https://readby.io/blog/can-i-record-myself-reading-a-published-book/ Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Where copyright actually draws the line on recording yourself reading a book aloud for your own family, and how publishers themselves draw it. https://readby.io/blog/video-call-vs-recorded-story-bedtime/ https://readby.io/blog/video-call-vs-recorded-story-bedtime/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Video calls give real connection but ask a lot of a toddler's attention, and any screen near lights-out works against sleep. Here's when each helps. https://readby.io/blog/how-long-should-a-bedtime-story-be/ https://readby.io/blog/how-long-should-a-bedtime-story-be/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT A table of how long a bedtime story should be at every age, from a few minutes for a baby to a full chapter once a child reads chapter books. https://readby.io/blog/what-to-record-before-you-go-away/ https://readby.io/blog/what-to-record-before-you-go-away/ Fri, 28 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT A practical checklist of what to record and prepare before you go away for a while — which messages to leave, how to say goodbye, and what to skip. https://readby.io/blog/record-a-bedtime-story-for-a-grandchild/ https://readby.io/blog/record-a-bedtime-story-for-a-grandchild/ Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Which book to pick, where to sit, how fast to read, and why you should leave the mistakes in. A practical guide to recording yourself reading aloud.