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Tag: Reading

August 25, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Gateway to Literature, a guest post by Marina Budhos

At a moment when librarians and schools are seeking to re-engage students in a love of reading, Readers Theaters can be a gateway to literature, opening up empathy, critical thinking, and cultural learning

March 31, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

Write What You Know. Read What You Don’t, a guest post by Lauren Thoman

In expanding my perspective to learn as much new information as I could, to listen to as many voices as I could, I became more aware than ever of how much I didn't know. 

December 5, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

Tragically Playful: How Verse Novels Lend Levity to the Difficult, a guest post by Caroline Brooks DuBois

Verse novels can deftly tell a story of trauma, struggle, or loss, while allowing rays of sunshine in and the music of hope to sing.

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Finding THAT Book, a guest post by Mark Fearing

November 3, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

Reading and I didn’t have a great start. Writing and I have an even more complicated history.

Getting Children with Learning Differences to Love Books, a guest post by Alma Fullerton

July 14, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

When I go into schools and speak to children, the first thing I ask is, “Who here likes to read?”  Everyone puts up their hands.  Then I ask, “Who here is lying about liking to read?”  There are usually a lot of laughs and a lot of hands up. Once the laughter dies down, I […]

Cloud Town and the Basement Librarian, a guest post by Daniel McCloskey

April 25, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

I wanted to talk about how librarians (like you) are appreciated by slow learners (like me). That is to say, not always at the moment.

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Finding Freedom at the Library, a guest post by Christyne Morrell

August 3, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

A library offers its own kind of freedom - to roam and discover and try on.

Confessions of a Binge Reader (and Writer), a guest post by Marilyn Kaye

July 28, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

Why did I love series books? I think it was partly because I never wanted a story to end completely. So it was only natural for me that when I began to write, I wrote series.

The Only List That Matters, a guest post by Francisco X. Stork

May 11, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

What does it mean for a young aspiring writer to have a life-long lover of books take the care and time to create a reading list specifically for him?

Assigned Reading is the Worst, By Teen Contributor Riley Jensen

August 31, 2020 by Karen Jensen, MLS

A teen talks about the impact that assigned reading has on reading desire.

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