Reading News and Children’s Literacy Roundup – April in Review

Terry Doherty of the Family Bookshelf adds to the April month in review roundups of literacy news. This is a syndicated collection of reading-related material which is produced with Jen Robinson’s Book Page and Carol Rasco’s Quietly. Continue reading

World Peace: It Starts with a Book

A story in the Daily Progress about a local Title 1 elementary school in Albemarle County, VA, dovetails nicely as an example of the goals of RIF’s new Book People Unite campaign Continue reading

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Reading News and Children’s Literacy Roundup – mid-April 2012

Jen Robinson, Carol Rasco, and Terry Doherty collaborate on the highly-popular Reading News and Children’s Literacy roundup. The collection of children’s literacy news and events is published mid-month and at the of the month. This is the mid-April 2012 edition. Continue reading

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Reaching a Reader: Guest Post by Sarah Jamila Stevenson

Today’s Share a Story. Today’s topic is A Reader’s Universe. All day we will be exploring the different ways we read. Sarah Stevenson’s Reach a Reader project is just that kind of effort: a way to connect kids with books … Continue reading

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Books & the Fourth Grader: Discovering a Reader

It was a typical Wednesday evening … dinner dishes were cleared and the only homework to be done was the required 20 minutes/night of independent reading. Reading is always the last homework job. Fourth grader (age 10): “Mom, I did … Continue reading

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