Dr. Read and Read Lab alumni Sara Rabinowitz ’21 and Hayley Harrison ’23 recently published an exploratory review covering 50 years of study and observation in the developmental psychology and early education literature of how parents use of extra-textual talk during shared book reading (aka the side-conversation and commentary that parents use while reading aloud), how that extra-textual talk has been categorized and leveled, and what factors contribute to parents differing styles of extra-textual talk. The paper, available online now in the Journal of Early Childhood Literacy will serve as a foundation for dozens of future research questions in the Read Lab around how reading aloud with young children can support early language development!