When our children are born, we read them the books that our parents read to us as children. We also read them before bedtime as a lullaby. But we achieved a more significant effect when we began to read to the accompaniment of the "white noise" machine, which we found in a review
https://bopto.com.au/blogs/news/open-ended-play-what-it-is-and-why-your-child-will-love-it [bopto.com.au]. It was so entertaining, especially when the story was accompanied by the noise of trees in the forest or a quiet surf. Now they are beginning to read it themselves and sometimes ask to turn on the "white noise" when it fits the text.