If you're a last-minute gift giver, you have the chance to make a big difference while getting Mom something truly meaningful. The Women's Storybook Project, which enables incarcerated mothers to read and record storybooks for the children they have had to leave behind, eagerly seeks donations to keep their project moving forward. The project gives incarcerated women the … [Read more...] about The Best Last-Minute Mother’s Day Gift You Can Give
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Scholastic Releases Latest Kids’ Reading Report
In celebration of International Literacy Day last week, Scholastic has some great news: kids are reading. Despite the naysayers and gloom and doomers who think the entire juvenile world is too busy with their faces buried in digital devices, the self-response survey indicates that as many as 86% of kids up to age 17 think reading is an important key to their future … [Read more...] about Scholastic Releases Latest Kids’ Reading Report
Barnes and Noble Launches 2017 Summer Reading Program
Say what you want about Barnes and Noble's fifty-fifty ration of books to coffee mugs/pens/calendars/candles, but the company keeps one really great program going. Its summer reading program offers kids a free book in exchange for reading eight books over the summer, which on the surface might seem counterintuitive from a reluctant reader standpoint (yay, the reward for doing a … [Read more...] about Barnes and Noble Launches 2017 Summer Reading Program
Kindle Reading Fund Launches to Provide eBooks
Amazon has a long but quiet history of giving back. It has launched initiatives to employ disabled veterans and their spouses, created the Amazon Smile website that supports consumers' favorite charities, and more. But now, the company that started with books is getting back to its roots with the launch of the Kindle Reading Fund, a branch of the organization that will provide … [Read more...] about Kindle Reading Fund Launches to Provide eBooks
Kobo Launches Book-Centric Social Responsibility Programs
There are a number of great organizations working hard to fight illiteracy, a plague that still affects nearly one out of every five people on the planet, and two-thirds of all women. But there's a disturbing social issue that in some ways is even more heartbreaking: individuals who have the ability to read but still lack the access to a book. Kobo has decided to fight that … [Read more...] about Kobo Launches Book-Centric Social Responsibility Programs
Reading Rainbow Funded with $6M Kickstarter Campaign
Because we love reading, we watched the Reading Rainbow Kickstarter campaign very closely --so the news that the campaign surpassed their original goal of $1 million, rounded their revised aim of $5 million, and then grabbed the full $1 million in matching funding from Seth MacFarlane is especially exciting for us! Plans for the considerable funding include bringing Reading … [Read more...] about Reading Rainbow Funded with $6M Kickstarter Campaign
Colorado Doctors Participate in Books for Patients Program
As parents head to the doctor's office to handle appointments over the summer break, they may be surprised to find a new kind of medicine waiting for them: books. Thanks to one program in Colorado, children who visit the pediatrician will not only have their sight, hearing, and general health checked, but will also be updated on the importance of reading, especially of reading … [Read more...] about Colorado Doctors Participate in Books for Patients Program
Reading Rainbow More Than Triples $1M Kickstarter Goal
Last week we heard about Reading Rainbow launching a Kickstarter campaign to bring literacy to all children, everywhere. The project aimed to raise $1 million dollars before the July 2, 2014 deadline --a goal some may have considered lofty. Today, with 29 days still to go, Reading Rainbow has more than tripled this amount and sits at over $3.3 million dollars (and climbing … [Read more...] about Reading Rainbow More Than Triples $1M Kickstarter Goal
Reinventing the Graphic Novel for All Readers
Many of us remember fondly the pocket-sized comic books of classic works of literature. Those mini precursors to the graphic novel saved a lot of us come final exam time, but they were also a great tool to use in order to understand great writers' works, to peruse timeless works of literature in order to decide to read the full edition, and to simply be more well-rounded in … [Read more...] about Reinventing the Graphic Novel for All Readers
UK Organization Quick Reads Meets a Need for Emerging Readers
One of the saddest things about adult illiteracy and ESL language learners is not the staggering rates of adults who are still classified as functionally illiterate, or the numbers of immigrants who may learn to speak a language with some level of comfort and fluency but never develop basic reading skills; it's the quality--or lack thereof--of instructional materials for adult … [Read more...] about UK Organization Quick Reads Meets a Need for Emerging Readers
Scholastic Book Clubs Get Redesign in Time for Back-to-School
Anyone who has been a public school student in the past 60+ years is probably familiar with the monthly Scholastic book clubs. Some of the best moments in book discovery happened when the teacher passed out those crinckly colorful pages to browse. Now, though, Scholastic is making some major upgrades to the beloved school book clubs, just in time for back-to-school. Some of … [Read more...] about Scholastic Book Clubs Get Redesign in Time for Back-to-School
Libraries Unfold Just About Anywhere, But Can It Revive Public Interest?
With libraries like this, there's no need to risk your e-reader. Last week, Good e-Reader posted an article about one of the most innovative redesigns in the US, the award-winning rebuilding of the McAllen, Texas, public library out of an old, abandoned Walmart store. Today, new cropped up online of what might be one of the smallest physical lending libraries on the planet, … [Read more...] about Libraries Unfold Just About Anywhere, But Can It Revive Public Interest?
Worldreader Brings e-Readers to Poverty-Stricken Schools Abroad
With the accessibility that digital reading has brought to the educational landscape, one crucial barrier to improved literacy seems to be physically bringing content to emerging readers in the developing world, and organizations like Worldreader are working to break down that barrier as well. Worldreader recently released the results of a year-long study in which the group … [Read more...] about Worldreader Brings e-Readers to Poverty-Stricken Schools Abroad
E-Readers Engage Middle School Male Students
Results from the halfway point of a three-year study on using Kindle e-readers in low ability level reading classes in urban Texas have shown that middle school boys demonstrated an improved perception on the benefits of reading after using the Kindles. In the same setting, however, girls of the same age demographic did not seem to like reading more, nor did they seem to feel … [Read more...] about E-Readers Engage Middle School Male Students