School Library Journal

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Nothing says summer to me like reading for hours in the middle of the day with no apologies necessary.

Meg Medina,”What’s On Your Summer Reading List? | Authors Tell All”

06/7/13

What a way to promote summer reading!

It took 27 Volunteers, 2,131 Books, and plenty of pizza, but the Seattle Public Library set a “Book Domino Chain World Record.”

06/5/13

For your Monday viewing pleasure: “Incredible Reading Rooms Around the World” by Alison Nastasi at Flavorwire.

This is the breath-taking Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève in Paris.

05/20/13

“Thinking beyond the (summer) list”

05/13/13

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So, how do you raise a reader? Forget the dishes and the laundry. Have some coffee after dinner so you’re awake to read, ‘just one more.’ Snuggle up and read together. It’s as much about being together as it is about expanding their minds and opening their vocabularies.

You get just one chance at this. The time flies away in a blink — but, in every page, the memories last forever.

Sherri Duskey Rinker, “How To Raise A Reader (Without Really Trying)”

04/18/13

awesomepeoplereading:

Jesse Eisenberg reads.

04/8/13

(via libraryadvocates)

04/1/13

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Reading is not purely academic and I hope that there is resurgence of positivity toward reading. Young people are getting distracted at their most distractible time—middle school, and never returning to reading. But they are eager participants when they are hooked. So we have to be more adventurous in the ways we engage in reading instruction and advocacy.

Library Journal Mover & Shaker Kirby McCurtis,”Creating Community: Up Close with Youth Librarian Kirby McCurtis”

03/29/13

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01/7/13

paperlanternlit:

…until the book gets you giggling/sobbing/cheering/experiencing ALL the emotions!

12/3/12