Archive for 2010
“Children more likely to own a mobile phone than a book.” Can this be true?
June 11, 2010
A survey of 17,000 schoolchildren by the National Literacy Trust found that “85.5% of pupils had their own mobile phone, compared with 72.6% who had their own books,” the Telegraph reported. The disclosure follows the publication of a study which found that keeping just 20 books in the home could boost children’s chances of doing well […]
Summertime and reading~ thoughts to ponder.
May 18, 2010
As we get closer to Memorial Day, the end of the school year looms large and brings us to the subject of summertime reading. There are more than enough lists of book recommendations and summer reading program than we know what to do with, so let’s take a moment to contemplate the subject of children […]
Good Housekeeping magazine features commentary by Diane about how to “help your kids make the most of summer.”
May 14, 2010
“Even if kids gravitate to books that seem to be too easy, encourage them to read what they want… Read More>>
A must share from one of my favorite authors—Phillip Pullman
May 6, 2010
“As a passionate believer in the democracy of reading, I don’t think it’s the task of the author of a book to tell the reader what it means. The meaning of a story emerges in the meeting between the words on the page and the thoughts in the reader’s mind. So when people ask me […]
