That’s not a typo. You read it right. I meant “tome” vs. “tone.” A tome of course is basically a BIG book, suggesting to me the range of ways books and other reading materials can be BIG in a classroom. In my little play on words, my interest of course is in keeping books and […]
Linguistic Diversity Cultural Diversity Racial Diversity Gender Diversity Recognizing our differences from one another is a first, easy step in coming to know, understand and hopefully accept those unlike us. We humans immediately detect those who don’t fit familiar or comfortable impressions of how things are supposed to be. We also pick up on the […]
Today, on April 30th, DIA will be celebrated by the American Library Association. DIA is about rejoicing in diversity in children and in the books they are offered to read. Diversity is such a very broad topic that it’s hard for any of us to get our heads around all of it. When folks throw in […]
Being a literacy guy, reading and writing and books shape the lens through which I see pretty much everything. Earth Day comes around every year in the springtime to remind us that momma Earth needs our loving care if she is to sustain our growth. Here at Unite for Literacy we are all about growing […]
Okay, boys and girls, let’s name 10 things that women have done to enrich our history or enhance our opportunities. Right, okay, sure…uh…let’s see…hmmm. For me at least, that question is harder than I think it should be. I grew up long before there was much effort to educate children—boys and girls—that history should showcase the […]
Today we are celebrating that one million books have been enjoyed by Unite for Literacy readers around the world! What do one million books look like? And where did all of those readers come from? Well, we have created a short video so you can see for yourself. Unite for Literacy’s library readership has grown this […]
Today our publisher, Holly Hartman, and I were talking about how sad it is that so few Americans speak a second language. We speculated that the positive impact of everyone speaking an additional language would have an enormous impact on our learning lives and, in particular, on our economy. We took turns praising those we knew […]
Today is Multicultural Children’s Book Day! We at Unite for Literacy pride ourselves in presenting a library of books that celebrate the diversity found among families that call the United States home. This day of recognition for multicultural children’s books is a nice opportunity to publicly embrace a larger effort to ensure that all children […]
Unite for Literacy is known for its free online library of narrated picture books for new readers (www.uniteforliteracy.com). This week, we initiated what we have termed Two Book Tuesday (#2BookTues). Every Tuesday for the foreseeable future, we will be adding two new books to the Unite for Literacy Library. Like all of our other books, […]
