17 Great Read-Alouds for Preschoolers! 23 Never-Fail Read-Aloud Choices! Reading Aloud—the Launch-pad for Great Conversation! Parents and teachers see these kinds of headlines all the time. They are a constant reminder of the importance of reading with our kids and of the truly fabulous and fairly steady stream of wonderful book choices available from […]
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 […]
Reading and books are about sharing personal stories and knowledge. In that spirit, being a book lover, I searched online for a few terms that have particular importance to me, personally and professionally: books, libraries and reading. If you are a person who loves books and reading then you will find the following search results […]
Transformation is big. Transformation is not just learning something new. It’s not just adjusting. It’s changing a way of being…in life. Like how caterpillars transform into beautiful butterflies. Most transformations are triggered by an event—some are huge, others not so much. Some transformation catalysts are even seemingly benign, like literacy. This concept of transformation is […]
Every child is glad when school is over, even those who love the academic life. “No more pencils. No more books. No more teacher’s…” WAIT A MINUTE! No more BOOKS? That’s crazy talk! Summer reading is the most fun ever. Admittedly, I am a reader. People like me regularly amass a stack of books each […]
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 […]
It’s National Library Week! Most of us don’t think about libraries much. In fact, most of us probably don’t think about them at all. If we do give libraries any thought, we probably tend to think about THE library. By that I mean the one we engage with on a regular basis. I’m headed over to […]
In a recent report by Highlights for Children called the State of the Kid 2014, the authors set out to share on “…topics that allow us to give parents and educators unique insight into how kids view the world they live in.” The report is based on Highlights’ annual State of the Kid™ survey. Each […]
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 […]
