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
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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
Summer Reading Programs Kick Off as School Years End
Schools around the country are getting ready to dismiss for the summer months, but parents don't have to let the gains their children made during the year slip away. The dreaded phenomenon known as "summer slide" can be thwarted with just a few minutes a day of focused reading. To help parents offer the students reading content that won't seem like a chore, Barnes and Noble has … [Read more...] about Summer Reading Programs Kick Off as School Years End