Tweet If you’re worried that your daughter won’t want to be in a mother-daughter book club because she doesn’t like to read, don’t be discouraged. A book club can be a great place to nurture a love of reading for … Continue reading
Category Archives: Literacy
Tweet Reading books may be a large path to literacy but the path is wider when it’s supported by other paths leading into it. Music is one of those and so is storytelling. A recent article in The Atlantic talks … Continue reading
Tweet November is National Family Literacy Month. A whole month devoted to family literacy is a great excuse to read together every day. Even if you can find ten minutes to spend with your child or children sharing stories, you … Continue reading
Tweet A recent article by Julie Bosman for The New York Times looks at the trend in publishing these days of adapting classics into board books for babies. While some may scoff at the idea that babies would get anything … Continue reading
Tweet Recently I got an email newsletter from Katie Davis, one of my favorite kidlit authors and educators about how toddlers are great pre-readers. Katie is funny, energetic, and full of great ideas about kids and reading. She agreed to … Continue reading
Tweet Conjure up a picture in your mind of someone reading and chances are that person is sitting alone with a book in a chair or on a couch. Much of the time reading is a solitary pursuit, and that … Continue reading
Tweet This year marks the 30th anniversary of Banned Books Week, when the American Library Association calls attention to books over the years that have been banned from libraries, schools and other places. The most challenged books of 2011 include … Continue reading
Tweet Today is Read Across America Day, designated each year by the National Educators’ Association on Dr. Seuss’s birthday to call attention to reading and literacy. This year there’s even more attention being focused on the event, as today is … Continue reading
