My parents spent hours and hours reading to the kids while they were here. Nearly everyone who visits our house ends up reading some book to the kids, and I love that, forever afterward, when I read those books to K and N, I can hear the voices of our friends in my mind as the kids and I go back over the pages. I have to say, nobody has yet read the Gruffalo book the way my dad did; I guess it helps having a deep baritone for that gruff character!
Erin