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It is with mixed emotions that we open the last day of Share a Story ~ Shape a Future. The enthusiasm and energy is both infectious and exhausting.
Literacy is a skill we develop, and to have that skill is a gift. Someone (probably many people) who treasured that gift invested their passion and time in helping you attain that gift. Now it is up to you to share that gift ... Congratulations, YOU are a literacy curator!
Today's hosts -
Sarah Mulhern and
Elizabeth O. Dulemba - are asking us to think about the gift we have and asking
... how did you fall in love with reading?
... who gave you the gift of literacy?
... have you shared it with anyone? who?
These two literacy dynamos have gone all out to celebrate the gift of literacy, pulling out all the stops. Not only will some amazing authors, illustrators, and curators be joining them, but they're using Web 2.0 tools to do it. There are podcasts, videos, essays ... There could be no better way to end our week. Here are their lineups, and as we have done all week, we will update with the direct links here after we confirm they've gone live.
@ The Reading Zone Sarah Mulhern is interviewing some people about the gift of literacy. Her guests include
- Sarah Darer Littman,
- Kathi Appelt,
- Melissa Walker, and
- Pamela Voelkel (aka JP Voelkel).
@ Dulemba.com Elizabeth Dulemba will be talking about how she fell in love with reading and share quotes from
- Jane Yolen,
- Ellen Wittlinger,
- Deborah Wiles,
- Uma Drishnaswamz,
- Gregory K. Pincus,
- Sarah Lamstein,
- Marcia Jones,
- Phillis Gershator,
- Sally Keehn; and
- Karen Romano Young.
Quite the encore, no?
Thank you so much for all you do to help readers-to-be and engage the next generation of literacy curators. We are thankful for your energy, your enthusiasm, and your support this week and all year long.
Can you believe it's Friday already? This has been such an incredible week and today, well ... it's the icing on the cake!
Although we love chatting about literacy within the blogosphere, our hope is that you are inspired to move beyond our virtual community and go out into the world and share your love of literacy. Today's hosts
Elizabeth Dulemba and
Sarah Mulhern underscore the point that literacy is a gift to be shared.
Today's writing prompts also
- If you could write a letter to a friend, beloved book character, author, parent, teacher, what would you say about how/why they're influenced your reading life?
- If you could pack three "flashlight worthy" books in a suitcase to keep for children born in 2025, what would they be? and why?
- How did you first fall in love with reading?
Here's how Writing @ Reading works ...
1. Select the question(s) that resonates with you.
2. Find an old post or write a new one that answers the question. [Be sure to grab a Share a Story button from the sidebar to include in your new post!]
3. Come back here and link your post either via the inLinkz box or as a comment.
4. (optional) Tweet about your post and include @ShareaStory or the #SAS2011hashtag.
Since this is the last day of the tour - and you might be inspired this weekend - we'll leave this one open until Monday, 14 March 2011.
InLinkz updates for Friday, 11 March 2011
You're first!
[image credit: Share a Story Logo created by author/illustrator
Elizabeth Dulemba.]
Do you know this story? Are worried about it? Have you lived it? Maybe lived through it and have some ideas to share? Then this is your day!
On Tuesday, in her post at
Finding Wonderland, Tanita Davis explained that she saw
Share a Story as an event for the "wee ones." Admittedly, our goal is to encourage people to read early and often ... but we also want to encourage a lifelong love of reading, and we have to get through puberty (and lots of homework) to get there.
So who better to host today's theme -- and share all of the facets of the challenge -- than
Franki Sibberson and Mary Lee Hahn, the dynamic duo of
A Year of Reading and regular contributors to
Choice Literacy, the "home on the web for
K-12 literacy leaders." (emphasis mine)
Here's how Franki starts us off ...
As a classroom teacher, I have always struggled with reading homework. I know that when reading is assigned, it feels like a chore to me, I don't like it and I go through the motions of reading and I don't want that for my students. But I also know that the amount of reading kids do, makes a difference.
Parents and librarians see the same thing ... we want to keep that passion ignited, but know that this is a mighty steep hill. Franki and Mary Lee have asked some of their blogging colleagues to talk about free v. assigned reading. They are also encouraging you to
share your thoughts so that we can have a really great discussion!
Here's today's lineup.
Mrs. P sent me a note to answer a Writing @ Reading prompt we posed on Monday, but somehow it got lost in the inbox. Hate when that happens! So ...
If you could spend the day with three of your favorite story characters, who would they be? Would they like each other?
I would have a lovely tea party under my large oak tree and invite Pollyanna from the book
Pollyanna
, Pippi Longstocking from the book
Pippi Longstocking
, and The Grinch from
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
.
I would set the table with a bright blue tablecloth and a vase full of purple lilacs. I would use all of my best cups and saucers – none of which match because the elves are always using them for hockey pucks. I would serve steaming pots of bright yellow chamomile tea, cupcakes with lavender frosting and little crust less finger sandwiches of almond butter and Persian cucumbers…Yum.
Pippi, who is very strong, could pick up the table with one hand and move it into the sun if we become too chilled sitting in the shade of the oak. Pollyanna would then get a chance to play her “glad game” and be glad that even though we were cold we had warm sunshine to move our table into. [image credit:
Photobucket]
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Wednesday. Already. What a week!
One of the things that makes the tour so special is not just that we share a passion for reading or sharing books with kids, but that we share parts of ourselves. Yesterday, it took three posts (!) for Chris Singer to share stories from dads about the gift of reading at Book Dads. What a wonderful follow-on to Paul W. Hankins' incredibly poignant, beautiful story about a student and a book on Monday. Talk about the power of a book! Both Chris and Paul are back again today, too!
Dawn Little and her guests at the Literacy Toolbox could fill a library with all of their great suggestions (Thanks Jen) for healthy readers (thanks Dawn). Amy Mascott of Teach Mama went a step beyond and showed us how to look beyond the words and images in sharing the gift At Book Loving Boys,Trina O'Gorman helped bring us full circle with her personal story about what happens when the kids get ahead of us.
For these past two days, we've been thinking and looking at literacy through a traditional lens. But change is afoot. There is no reason to think that we can't still keep and perpetuate those special moments of our kids sitting on our lap. But we may be using various media and digital ink.
Danielle Smith and her guests at There's a Book are looking at how those tools play a role in helping us learn to read and how we, as curators, can use them, too. Are they the be-all-to-end-all? Can we completely ignore them? Here's today's lineup. As posts go live, I will be back to link them.
- From Carisa Kluver @ Digital Storytime: With iPad books that look more like toys and entertainment how likely are they to be used as tools for literacy and how does it affect the reader, children
- From Eric Van Raepenbusch @ Happy Birthday Author Blog: Using video to extend the meaning of a book beyond its pages, teach basic skills, entertain, and provide primary sources of information. Eric's post includes examples of all these ideas, plus ideas to produce your own video as a literacy activity. And that’s not all....there are links to the sources of video I have used to write my blog.
- Chris Singer @ Book Dads talks about using the Nook Color with young, beginning readers.
- Pam van Hylckama Vlieg @ Bookalicio.us follows a similar line and talks about using technology to foster a love of reading in the home.
- Holly Slotkin shares her thoughts about using apps/iPhones/iPads/Tablets/etc. @ LitLad.
- Our friend and founding Share a Story contributor Susan Stephenson does what she does best: explores online resources for reading and writing and offers suggestions on ways to engage kids with fun literacy games. Head Down Under to the Book Chook blog.
- Melissa Taylor shares a post about Reading on the Go. From r
So did you enjoy yesterday's prompts? Did they take you on a walk down memory lane? We hope so.
Well today's
Share a Story theme focuses on the
gift of literacy. It is a wonderful follow-on to
Donalyn's and
Carol's discussions yesterday. Our hosts are Terry Doherty (
Scrub-a-Dub-Tub), Dawn Little
(Literacy Toolbox) and Chris Singer (
Book Dads).
Chris has lots of dads ready to talk about reading with their kids; and that precious moment when you witness the moment a child realizes s/he is reading for themselves. Dawn and her guests will be talking about ways to share books as gifts, complete with some recommended titles. Terry will have a roundtable discussion with Mitali Perkins and Tanita Davis talking about multiculturalism in books and how other cultures view reading at home.
That's a lot to cover! And here are a few more topics you can help us with. Several of these lend themselves to visuals, so if you want to add photos or video go for it!
- If you could take your child(ren) and an all-time favorite book to a special place to read, where would it be and what would you read?
- Select a book that reminds you of someone in your life (adult, child, no matter). If you could give them a book, what would it be and why? What is it about the book that makes you connect the two?
- If you were asked to create a package of 5 books to gift to a child what books would you include in your gift? Include one book for each year (infant to 5)
Just to recap: Our goal with the questions is to reach new places for sharing our reading and literacy experiences and ideas, and we'd love to include your voice, too. Here's how it works ...
1. Select the question(s) that resonates with you.
2. Find an old post or write a new one that answers the question. [Be sure to grab a Share a Story button from the sidebar to include in your new post!]
3. Come back here and link your post either via the inLinkz box or as a comment.
4. (optional) Tweet about your post and include @ShareaStory or the #SAS2011hashtag.
We'll be adding links for the questions all week, so there's no rush to have an answer the same day a question is posted ... unless you are entering a book giveaway contest. Learn more about that here.
InLinkz updates for Tuesday, 8 March 2011
You're first!
[image credit: Share a Story Logo created by author/illustrator
Elizabeth Dulemba.]
Welcome literacy curators! Do you read? do you help a child learn? Then you are a curator!
Are you ready for another wonderful day for
Share a Story ~ Shape a Future 2011? Yesterday was awesome and today might actually take two days to get through!!
Thanks to the efforts of
Book Dads curator, dad, and power-tweep,
Chris Singer, we have 30 (!) dads talking about reading with their kids and the gift of "the moment." The one where you get to watch as your child realizes s/he is reading for themselves. Check out this list ...
Over at the
Literacy Toolbox,
Dawn Little, founder of
Links to Literacy, mom and former elementary school teacher has an allstar lineup, as well.
The third host today is
Terry Doherty of the Reading Tub.
Welcome to Share a Story ~ Shape a Future 2011. This is our third annual blog tour for literacy, and if we must say so ourselves, it is our biggest yet! Holy cow what a lineup of folks this week.
As you may remember from other posts, the theme this year is Unwrapping the Gift of Literacy. We picked this theme because it embodies several ideas ...
- that the ability to read IS a gift ... one that lasts a lifetime; and
- that literacy is a gift we can easily give to and share with someone else ... with minimal cost.
And who doesn't like receiving and giving presents?
Over the course of the week bloggers from around the world will be sharing their personal stories and offering tips that we hope will encourage and/or inspire you to share YOUR gift with someone in your family and/or community.
I know I said it the other day, but it's worth repeating: Although our focus is on young readers-to-be and readers-in-need, there are millions of adults who don't know how to read. If working with adults is something that interests you, we encourage you to visit Zoe's well-annotated list of literacy charities from around the world at
Playing by the Book or our
Reading & Literacy Wiki.
Now, on with our kickoff. Today's theme -
The Power of a Book - is so big that we need co-hosts.
, President and CEO of Reading is Fundamental, mom, grandma, and energizer bunny, will start us off with
The Power of a Book: 380 Times to Date! Join Carol at
Rasco from RIF as she ...
- shares the RIF experience of presenting a choice of books to children who have often never owned a book of their own until their first RIF distribution.
- shares memories of RIF kids who, years later, recall that moment and how it affected them for years to come
- explains a recent meta-analysis about the positive outcomes of book lending programs.
Carol also has a number of guest bloggers
who will share their organization’s experience in presenting books to children. Among them ...Be sure to go to
Rasco from RIF for Carol's full lineup.
Donalyn Miller, aka
the Book Whisperer, is a mom, educator, and rabid reader! She and her guests will be talking about the intangible power of a book.
- Paul W. Hankins,
- Terri Lesesne
As direct links to posts go live, we will come back and update this post.
Image credit
Presents animated gif - bestgraphs.com
If it's March then it must be time to share your love of reading. Read Across America and World Book Day have put us in an oh-so-perfect frame of mind for Share a Story ~ Shape a Future 2011.
Over the last month, our hosts have been crazy-busy identifying, inviting, and coordinating posts with their guests, not to mention thinking about their own posts. This is an unbelievably enthusiastic crew, and each person we've contacted has said "yes" without any hesitation. At last count, there were more than 35 people participating!
All week long our literacy curators are sharing personal stories, photographs, writers journals, and lots of great ideas. Did you notice the change to the term literacy curators did you notice that in this post? Brenda Power of Choice Literacy used that term in a recent Big Fresh and it just seems so appropriate in describing the Share a Story ensemble. )
Okay, here's what you've been waiting for a few more tidbits about next week.
- Author and TV personality Katie Davis (of Katie Davis' Brain Burps) has an exclusive interview with Terry Doherty, founder of The Reading Tub. Look for her podcast early in the week.
- Mrs. P. of MrsP.com has written an original story, will give us a demonstration of how her website is a portal to reading, AND is launching a new program. [Still a secret!]
- Award-winning authors Tanita S. Davis and Mitali Perkins, and Hannah Ehrlich of Lee & Low Books join Terry Doherty in a roundtable discussion about multiculturalism in books for children and teens.
- Elizabeth Dulemba, Sarah Mulhern (The Reading Zone), Donalyn Miller (The Book Whisperer), Franki Sibberson and Mary Lee Hahn (A Year of Reading), and their author and illustrator friends will be talking about how they fell in love with reading, who gave them the gift of reading, becoming a write, and ... well, we can't tell you everything now, can we? Here are some of their friends: Sarah Darer Littman, Kathi Appelt, JP Voelkel, Paul W. Hankins, Terri Lesesne, Mitali Perkins, Megan McCafferty, Jess Leader, Jonathan Auxier, Courtney Sheinmel, Barbara Dee.
It is going to be such an awesome week! Each day we'll post the day's lineup here and then publish the Writing @ Reading prompts. We hope you'll join in by adding posts of your own ... link them with the host or here on the Share a Story blog.
I know I said it the other day, but it is worth repeating: Although our focus is on young readers-to-be and readers-in-need, there are millions of adults who don't know how to read. If working with adults is something that interests you, we encourage you to visit Zoe's well-annotated list of literacy charities from around the world at
Playing by the Book or our
Reading & Literacy Wiki.
Each of the three years that we have celebrated the Share a Story ~ Shape a Future literacy blog tour, we have had authors and publishers donate their books to share with children and families. This year is no exception!
The Thank Yous!
Before we go any further, we would like to thank Barefoot Books, MrsP.com, and Reading is Fundamental for their generous donation of books to Share a Story ~ Shape a Future 2011.
Each of these organizations is powered by the idea of making a difference for kids by broadening their world through creativity, imagination, and literature. We cannot say thank you enough for all that they do every day, not just today.
Because of their generosity, you have a chance to win ...
Two weeks from today, we'll begin Unwrapping the Gift of Literacy as we open Share a Story ~ Shape a Future, our blog tour for literacy.
A couple weeks ago, we announced our daily themes, where we'll talk about kids owning books; "the" moment when our kids realize they're actually reading; keeping a love of reading alive (despite homework); and the new face of literacy ... among others!
It has been so exciting to watch the ripple grow, with lots of new "faces" this year. For lack of a better phrase, we've "rounded out" some areas, and we're tickled to have more teens, guys, and opportunities to talk about literacy across cultures.
- Riley Carney will be visiting with Carol Rasco at Rasco from RIF. (Monday)
- Chris Singer (BookDads) has lined up nearly two dozen (!) dad bloggers (who also happen to be readers, writers, educators) to talk about the gift of reading. (Tuesday)
- Mary Ann Scheur (Great Kids Books) will be reviewing iPad books and talk about them in the context of promoting literacy when Danielle Smith hosts Literacy 2.0 at There's a Book. (Wednesday)
- At a Year of Reading, Mary Lee Hahn and Franki Sibberson will be talking about ways to balance literacy fun and school. Mitali Perkins, Barbara Dee, Katie Davis, Courtney Sheinmel, and others will be sharing Writer's Notebook ideas/photos at The Reading Zone. (Thursday)
- In her post today, Sarah Mulhern (The Reading Zone) said that "A great group of authors have volunteered to share their stories about the gift of reading- both giving the gift and receiving it. It’s going to be a fantastic day!" (Friday)
- Also on Friday, author / illustrator Elizabeth Dulemba will be sharing authors' stories about when they fell in love with reading.
We have a couple of firsts this year, too. There will be video blog posts, a round-table discussion with authors of color, and one of our sponsors will be launching a national initiative to complement the tour. Amazing stuff.
As we get closer, we'll provide more details about our Writing about Reading contest ... but we will take time to thank our prize sponsors:
In the last week, we have gotten a number of additional requests to participate in the Tour. Anyone who blogs about books is welcome to participate. Share a Story is about exchanging ideas and encouraging others ... so we encourage you to bloggers and guests. If you're looking for inspiration, our Writing about Reading prompts may be just the thing to help you add your voice.
If you are interested in contributing to any of the giveaways, please contact us at shareastory [
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And more!!! I also have quotes from:
Tony DiTerlizzi
James Gurney
Charles Gigna (Father Goose)
Janice Hardy
Kerry Madden
Vicky Alvear Shecter
Loreen Leedy
and Terra Elan McVoy!
Woosie - all great proponents of literacy and reading! :) e
This is so awesome, e. I just updated the post and added links to them all. NOW to go back and read them.