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Volunteers Plus Reading Equals HBReads

If you are like me, you are either retired or tapering off from a full-time career but still feel as sharp as a tack. You’ve got more time on...
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World Read Aloud Day

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  • March 4, 2011
Dear LA Teacher,I’m a strong believer in reading books aloud to my three children. My oldest son even reads to his baby sister. What’s...
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Sierra Madre Library offers five free parent-child workshops

Sierra Madre Public Library’s new five-week Parent-Child Workshop for families with children ages three and younger brings local...
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Books for elementary school aged children that promote reading

Parents who encourage their elementary school aged children to read find that reading as a preferred activity has to compete with sports, playdates...
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Books that promote reading and literacy in young children

Educational experts encourage reading and literacy throughout the childhood years. Parents who regularly read with their very young children often...
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Using manga to improve literacy in struggling readers

You may see it in the aisles of your local Borders and Barnes and Nobles stores, you may come across it while channel or internet surfing, and you...
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Establishing and maintaining a productive reading schedule - an interview with Colleen Wainwright

"Strong reading habits enhance skills required in the 21st-century workplace, such as high literacy and analytical thinking. An increasingly...
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Where the Wild Things Are - Charity Premiere for Literacy Oct 1

Where the Wild Things Are fans will have the unique opportunity to preview the much-anticipated film early on October 1 in Los Angeles. Proceeds...
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Could illiterate fisherman among others have written the Gospels?

Some men are pulling up their boat after a disastrous night of fishing. A strange man comes up to them and tells them to cast their nets on the...
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Read to your Child! March is National Reading Month

Each year at the beginning of March, school children kick off National Reading Month by celebrating the birthday of the beloved Dr. Seuss. Teachers...
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