Step out into the public, and you will find yourself standing side-by-side with someone who is illiterate. You will never know they are illiterate. They hide their illiteracy, a dark secret they’ve shrouded often from their own spouses. They get by off their excellent memories, working in occupations that don’t require reading and pretending they […]
Archives for September 2016
Best Read Aloud Children’s Books – Annie and the Wild Animals
ANNIE AND THE WILD ANIMALS Jan Brett is a gifted illustrator. Her pictures will transport you to another place, like Norway or Russia or one of the many other places Brett has visited. To capture cultures accurately, she travels. The globetrotter will make you yearn for a trip to some isolated cottage where you can […]
Mom of a Struggling Reader – Jackie’s Story
Jackie never predicted she’d be a mom of a struggling reader. She remembers the day she waved goodbye to her sociable, friendly five-year old son, Ashton. It was his first day of Kindergarten. He was smiling and excited to get to know his classmates. “My friendly child will do great in Kindergarten,” Jackie thought. IS […]
Best Read Aloud Children’s Book – Can I Keep Him?
“There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we believe we left without having lived them, those we spent with a favorite book.” –Marcel Proust Children’s books transport us to fond childhood memories. When we open these past relics of our young lives, we remember that Clifford the big […]