My son reads a lot. Erm… well, he used to. It appears that I’ve been resting on some laurels that have deserted me while I was looking the other way. (To use an overly complicated metaphor.) Over the summer, I started to notice that my son has been playing more […]
Reluctant readers
France gives teens the gift of reading
Another way in which the French are awesome. When kids in France turn 18, the government will give them a free one-year subscription to a newspaper of their choice, President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Friday. The free subscriptions are designed to instill in young people the habit of reading the news […]
Dogs help kids read
It makes sense, when you think about it.Dogs enjoy any story you read to them, they don’t judge when you get a word wrong, and they have an enormous attention span. A non-profit organization in Chicago, Sit Stay Read!, uses trained dogs to help children read. The kids read to […]
The library, your second home
It’s important for children to feel comfortable in their local library, to get to know where things are, and be exposed to the wide variety of events, resources and services today’s libraries offer.
