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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.

• At A Year of Reading, Franki Sibberson shares a story (with link) about her then-6-year-old daughter Ana and her book choices.
• Franki also includes a link to Lisa Koch's article "My Son, Clark Kent" about the impact home reading had on her son. (Choice Literacy)
• AM Literacy Learning, Ann Marie Corgill interviews her eight-year-old nephew, Jack, about his reading.
• Sharon Taberski talks about "Reading for the Fun of It" on her blog, It's All About Comprehension.
• At Catching Readers Before They Fall, Pat and Katie share a post called "Puppies or NASA?"
• Cathy at Reflect an
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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
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