A comment on my post yesterday jogged my memory, and prompted me to write this brief post highlighting how ebooks are becoming a valuable educational tool not only for the wealthier segment of the world’s population, but for those we might not expect. As with yesterday’s post, these links are not to be construed as …
Addendum to Access to Books is Crucial for Kids — Ebooks in Developing Countries Read More »
These days, I’d be totally remiss if I didn’t mention the role computers and e-readers play in giving kids access to books. There are a plethora of reading opportunities for kids with all the technology available to them these days. There are, of course, traditional books that have simply been morphed into e-books, but there …
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I first featured these books on elizabethannewrites on June 21, 2011. This is an augmented version of the post, for my augmented fifths series. The author, “B.B.” (a pseudonym used by artist Denys Watkins-Pitchford for his novels), was born in 1905 in Northamptonshire, England. As he grew up he developed a deep and lasting love …
Have you seen the movie You’ve Got Mail? Have you yearned, as I have, to visit the children’s bookstore, The Shop Around the Corner, that is a central character in the movie? Have you wished, as I have, that it were real? Have you bemoaned its fate, being forced out of business by the giant …
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It’s an August Friday, one-fifth of the Fridays in August 2012, and that means that I’m sharing with you an “augmented fifth” middle grade novel — a book that has augmented my life, has enriched my life, and that I am happy to recommend to others. Since my Monday post this week talked about writing …
My mother spent a couple of years in the early 1970s as a kindergarten teacher. She said it was readily apparent at the beginning of the school year which children had been read to, and which hadn’t. Reading with children is crucial to their development. Not only does reading stretch their imaginations, it helps them …
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My interview with Brian Sibley, and reading his wonderful autobiographical post, My Life and Welcome to It on his blog, prompted me to think about some of the books that meant the most to me in my childhood. While I can’t possibly list them all, I want to share a few of them with you, …
In the past week, as I’ve balanced posts on my theme of Behind the Scenes in Set and Costume Design with blogging about literacy for both Share a Story – Shape a Future and March into Literacy Month, I’ve had a couple of comments that warranted highlighting so that you wouldn’t miss the information in …
