If books really make us kinder, better people, then why am I, an enthusiastic reader, so upset all the time?
A lot of ink has been spilled on studies reporting the positive effects of reading fiction. And the news of these groundbreaking studies and their value-of-fiction-affirming results is reported again… Read more »
Downtown Books in Manteo North Carolina hosted “Reading Labs,” and you’ll never guess who showed up
Last Friday, Downtown Books in Manteo, North Carolina launched a pilot program called “Reading Labs.” This community partnership is an attempt to use research-driven methods to provide emerging readers with an alternative environment that will promote self-confidence and reduce… Read more »
Students need a reason to read like a principal needs a pie to the face
Pieing (n): An instance of throwing a pie at someone, most prominently a politician or other powerful or influential person as a means of protest. Hello! It is I, the… Read more »
Authors think of the children in the Age of Trump
With the election of Donald Trump to the highest office in all of the land (an office he plans to vacate on the weekends in order to sleep like a… Read more »
This week in American reading habits
Last week, we did a brief summary of data released by the NEA on the number of Americans reading literature (defined as poetry, plays, short stories, or dramas). The short… Read more »
School bus driver bans reading, because books are dangerous
It’s no secret that books are dangerous, and that they pose a threat young students. For every student whose life is saved by a book, there are dozens more innocent… Read more »
Did Ronald Reagan hate reading?
The CIA, like other intelligence communities around the world, has long formulated psychological and political profiles of world leaders in order to prepare Presidents for meetings and foreign affairs decisions.… Read more »
Two-year-old becomes an internet sensation thanks to her public library
A video showing Texas two-year-old Elizabeth Christensen naming the parts of the body has gone viral. She learned to identify the liver, lungs, intestines, brain, heart and stomach in an anatomy… Read more »
Pew report finds that Millennials use libraries as much as their elders, and read more
A Pew report pulling together years of research found that American millennials (defined as ages 16-29) use libraries as much as their elders (but are less engaged), and are more… Read more »
Children read stories aloud to cats, in spite of cats’ best efforts
Children in Berks County, Pennsylvania are battling for literacy against local felines. A program called Book Buddies allows kids in first through eighth grade to practice reading at the Animal… Read more »