The Early April edition of the children’s literacy and reading news round-up, brought to you by Jen Robinson’s Book Page, Scrub-a-Dub-Tub, and Rasco from RIF is now available at Jen Robinson’s Book Page. Over the past couple of weeks Jen Robinson, Carol Rasco, and I have collected plenty of content for you about literacy & reading-related events; literacy and reading programs and research; and suggestions for growing bookworms.
Of all the things that Jen has packed into the roundup my favorite is Baby Bookworm’s first birthday! One year ago tomorrow, Jen and Mheir celebrated Baby Bookworm’s arrival … ten weeks early. Congrats Jen and Mheir … and happy birthday Baby B!
If you hang out in the kidlitosphere at all, you know it is National Poetry Month. Like Jen, I am a big fan of Greg Pincus (Gregory K from Gotta Book and The Happy Accident). For the third year, Greg has his 30 Poets / 30 Days project going, and this year he has added a new opportunity for more of us to support poetry for kids: Poetry: Spread the Word. This is a Kickstarter project where you get something unique and valuable and Greg earns the funds to share poetry and poetry writing with school visits. I hadn’t seen this until Jen’s roundup. Very cool. If you’d like to see what else is going on around the Kidlitosphere for National Poetry Month, look no further than Kidlitosphere Central.
In commenting on a recent study by the Journal Research in Social Stratification that shows a correlation to books at home and kids’ (higher) education levels, Jen pondered aloud about “how electronic books and iPads would factor in to a future study like this.” Well, I’m glad she asked. As I was finishing reading the Roundup (as a co-author I get the benefit of an ARC version!), I saw these two ReadWriteWeb items in my reader:
- iPad or Smartphone: Which Has Impacted Your Life More by Richard MacManus. Although the discussion focuses on preference, the bottom line was the same: people ar
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