In honor of Reading Rainbow week, I first had it in my head to write about an author whose books actually mattered. Someone whose stories are still beloved relics of my childhood. And in that case, you would be reading a long love letter to Roald Dahl.
But then, Dan Brown had to shake [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Reading Rainbow Week'
Revisiting R.L. Stine
September 28th, 2009 3 Comments
Tags: Alexis · Dan Brown · Reading Rainbow Week · RL Stine · Roald Dahl · Stephen King
Use Kids’ Books to Help Improve Education!
September 25th, 2009 No Comments
When Reading Rainbow Week was announced, I began to reminisce about my favorite books as a child and teenager– the really formative ones that made me want to be a lifelong reader, and eventually writer. And Chris’s post reminded me too, of those foundational books, that gripped my imagination so deeply, and held on, like [...]
Tags: donate books! · kim · library · Reading Rainbow Week · support Vernacular · Teach For America
Get ready for Reading Rainbow week!
September 20th, 2009 No Comments
Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high…
Well, not according to PBS, which announced that it was pulling the plug on the quarter-century-old children’s show, Reading Rainbow, in August this year.
Among several excuses thrown out by the network, which included depleted funds, an NPR story implied that the real reason for [...]
Tags: LeVar Burton · NPR · Reading Rainbow Week