Advocate of libraries & read-alouds and their benefits on literacy, intellectual growth and wellbeing.
Washington, DC & Wales
Joined August 2011
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At #ALAAC24 this morning? I’d love to see you! I’ll be in the Sails Pavilion until 11. @RoomtoRead @ALALibrary
A relative of mine was in the same year as you @DavidLammy. He remembers you for your kindness and how you took care of others. Thank you. 🙏
If I hadn’t become a chorister at the King’s School in Peterborough I would never have become a politician. It taught me that politics must be about searching for the common ground.
It was a pleasure to go back with the Sunday Times Magazine 👇🏿
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“There’s no click bait in a book” - @Trevornoah speaking about the difference a library made to his childhood - and his life. @ALALibrary @RoomtoRead
Are you going to #alaac24? I'd love to see you and chat about how World Change Starts with Educated Children: Room to Read’s Approach to Sustainable, Scalable, and Locally Adaptable Children's Libraries @RoomtoRead. In the Sails Pavilion on Sunday at 9:30 AM.
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We're glad to share the success of our recent consultation series,' The Science of Reading: Challenges and Opportunities' held on June 12, 2024. This event united prominent literacy experts and educators under one roof to facilitate knowledge exchange on the science of reading. This consultation series serves as a platform for sharing diverse perspectives and expert insights through an open dialogue.
During the consultation, participants reflected on the conceptual basis of their work and brought insights from the field to enrich the discourse on how reading is multi-disciplinary in nature. The discussion brought forward debates on the need and potential of the science of reading, nature of evidence, and the importance of having a scientific gaze. From conversations, the scientific gaze at reading emerged as one of the contributors for policy makers/practitioners to envisage reading and reading programs, at scale.
As we look forward to the third part of the consultation series, we are dedicated to advancing this discourse on the science of reading.
For the full conversation, you can click here: youtu.be/1AikUfMgfWE
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#ScienceOfReading #LiteracyExperts #ReadingInsights #LiteracyDialogue #ReadingPolicy #LiteracyAdvancement #FLN #qualityeducation #joyofreading #sdg4 #VijiThyagarajan #JayshreeOza #SamyuktaSubramanian
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LIASA Conference 2024. Durban International Convention Centre. 1-4 October 2024. #SaveTheDate
ALT LIASA Conference 2024. Durban International Convention Centre 1-4 October 2024. Save the date.
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Novelist @Elif_Safak on the importance of libraries. When people are displaced, books and libraries are essential.
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Our Literacy Program helps primary school students of all genders develop reading skills and a habit of reading so they can become lifelong learners. Learn more: rb.gy/utul3r
Dancing Hands is a beautiful and unique picturebook. Does your public and school library have it? It’s likely on their radar for purchase, but a nudge from a local patron ensures that it is not overlooked. #libraries #multilingual #picturebooks #SignLanguage – at Springfield, VA
Room to Read's “Dancing Hands” has received a #YouthMediaAward from the @ALALibrary! The book was one of two honored this week with the Schneider Family Book Award, celebrating artistic expressions of the disability experience for children. Learn more: bit.ly/42awsEE
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News from Laos! We've teamed up with the Luang Prabang Teacher Training College to create a course on teaching in primary school libraries. Through our partnership with the Ministry of Education and Sports, Room to Read aims to expand the course nationwide:bit.ly/3vKW0fl
ALT A primary school teacher reads with two students in a classroom reading corner in Laos.
It was so good to connect with @ChronicleBooks to talk Tomfoolery and Dancing Hands🙌🤟#LibLearnX – at Baltimore, MD
“The library is the last lifeline to reading” - I’d add that it’s also their first. @RoomtoRead partners with governments around the world to ensure that young children & their teachers are equipped to read aloud and read alone.#library theguardian.com/education/20…
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Do join us @OpenUni_CLSJ School Libraries Seminar @uksla @bcb567 @HeartOTSchool FREE - Great for teachers and librarians 📚📚 @CILIPinfo @EduFiona @_Reading_Rocks_ @readingagency Book here: ourfp.org/2024/01/09/how-sch… 📚📚
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Meet the illustrator! Michelle Laurentia Agatha "My parents told me that ever since I was a little kid, I always love drawing. I read lots of picture books and watched tons of animated films - which eventually inspired me to become an artist" michelleagatha.com
It was so good to see Dancing Hands 🙌 @PoliticsProse @KidsandProse this week. Every copy bought benefits @RoomtoRead ‘s literacy programs serving children in communities without access to books like this. @ChronicleBooks – at Washington, DC
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I was a late reader, but once I started, I became obsessively bookish, and I never stopped. So when I saw the data suggesting fewer kids are reading for fun, I tried to find out what parents can do to change that: washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
Children's books can - and do - appeal to the dual audience of adults and children in many ways, including those so beautifully articulated by Katherine Rundell and others in this article and video. Brava!
“I am absolutely not suggesting adults read only, or even primarily, children's fiction,” writes Katherine Rundell. “Just that there are times in life when it might be the only thing that will do.” bbc.com/culture/article/2023…
Why adults should read children's books - BBC Culture bbc.com/culture/article/2023…