Vary your tone and volume.
You may not be able to perfectly impersonate a squeaky mouse or a terrible dragon, but you can change the tone of your voice so you speak softly on the mouse’s lines and loudly for the dragon. You can whisper in shock, and shout in celebration—do whatever you can to convey the emotion of the book.
Get down on the floor with your baby so he can see the expression on your face change as you read aloud.
Use toys, puppets, or your fingers to act out one of your child’s favorite stories.
Look for books with rhythm and rhyme.
There are some stories where the sing-song quality of the words just flow from your lips. There are others where the rhythms are more subtle. You might want to practice reading the story aloud to yourself until you figure it out. Just put a little more force on the rhyming words, and follow the rhythm of the book naturally.
Make up your own story.
In a wordless book, the whole story is in the pictures, but that doesn’t mean that the story can’t be told out loud. Start by observing the pictures and describing what you see. Soon enough, your baby will be "reading" the pictures to herself. You can also tell stories about your own childhood, or something that happened to you that day, or one of your favorite tales.
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