Wait. How should we say that, exactly? Do we say it like, “Picture… Book Abundance” meaning “Can you see in your mind what it would be like for a person to have tons of great books??” Or is it pronounced, “Picture Book …. Abundance” which is kind of the same as A, except its focus […]
You can spot Avid Readers pretty easily. They are good readers…well of course they are, they read all the time. Being good readers doesn’t often happen when folks don’t read. These folks always have at least one book going. They want to read. They are constantly looking for cracks in their time schedule to sneak […]
The path to becoming an Avid Reader is not linear. Teaching kids to read without teaching them the love of books and the value of reading is a wasted endeavor. It results in possibly capable, but utterly disengaged readers. Engagement and lifetime learning are the point of literacy, not merely achievement. Click the diagram for a closer look. Why […]
