November is PICTURE BOOK Month
The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) will celebrate the picture book during the month of November as a partner of the third annual Picture Book Month. Picture Book Month…
The Most Meaningful Fortune Cookie of All Time !!!
Photo courtesy of Margaret Hahn Avery & The Literacy Project THE LITERACY PROJECT :: ............................................... The Literacy Project is an oral history & research project that began collecting personal testimonies…
FRIENDLY PERSUASION
FRIENDLY PERSUASION: FRIENDS GROUPS ADVOCATE FOR LEGISLATION Libraries not only transform communities –…
The Board of Directors of FOSTPL at Work…..
The all-volunteer Board of Directors of The Friends at their monthly Saturday meeting mapping out strategies to increase the visibility of The Friends , literacy, and local libraries. If you would…
Today’s thought about Reading……..
Thought courtesy of David Balducci, shared by Margaret Avery, teacher, mother, & friend
Reading in America? The Numbers
In 2013, the Nation’s Report Card showed that only 38% of high school seniors were proficient in reading. With scores like that, the isn’t likely to earn the “most literate country” award…
Love Letters?
Parents encouraged to write love letters to children at Education conferen LaMonte Geddis, a Freedom School advocate and educator, encouraged parents to write love letters to their children in an…