March is here!
On Monday we open
Share a Story - Shape a Future 2013. Today, though it is
+Dr. Seuss birthday and +Read Across America Day!
To celebrate reading and build some excitement for next week, we wanted to unveil the prizes we'll be giving away as part of our Writing @ Reading series.
Our Grand Prize is a complete set of the
STEAM Multicultural Book Collection for their favorite school or public library. Our thanks to
Reading is Fundamental for this incredibly generous donation!
STEAM means Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Math. and is an expansion of the STEM framework used in education today.
Each title in this 40-book collection was "carefully reviewed and selected by RIF's Literary Services team with guidelines provided by RIF's Literature Advisory Committee, national panels of educators, and exports in books for children.
A round of applause for RIF, please!
Thank you again Reading is Fundamental! Please show your love to RIF on your favorite social media platform and in the comments below, too!
We also have five (!) smaller collections that are built around this year's Share a Story Theme:
Literacy in the First Five Years. The prize packages include a cloth or vinyl book suitable for infants, board books for toddlers and preschoolers, easy reader books for developing readers, and picture books for Mom and Dad to read, too.
Package 1:
Happy Baby cloth book;
I'm a Little Teapot and
This Little Piggy board books;
Animals Talk board book;
Elmo's Bedtime Stories (6-book set),
Usborne's Stephen Cartwright 1-2-3 picture book;
Usborne's Stephen Cartwright ABC picture book;
Sid the Science Kid: Everybody Move Your Feet (Stage 1 easy reader);
The Crayon Box that Talked paperback
Package 2:
My Happy Baby cloth book;
Little Critter Bedtime Stories paperback set;
The Dancing Clock paperback,
The Fox in the Dark paperback,
How to Drive Your Sister Crazy (I Can Read);
Batman (I Can Read); and a set of six
Little Critter Phonics Fun (I Can Read) books
Package 3:
Busy Bath vinyl book;
Elmo's ABCs, 3 storybook set;
Snappy Little Pets board book;
Pinkalicious Tickled Pink paperback;
Pinkalicious and the Pink Drink paperback;
Mia The Sweetest Valentine paperback;
Mia The Easter Egg Chase paperback;
Mia and the Tiny Toe Shoes (I Can Read)
Package 4:
Goodnight Moon cloth book;
Welcome Song for Baby board book;
The Best Pet Ever paperback;
Animal Jamboree;
Mia the Sweetest Valentine paperback;
The Wonderful World of Fancy Nancy, 4 picture book set;
Fancy Nancy: Too Many Tutus (I Can Read);
Alice in Wonderland (All Aboard Reading)
Package 5: Splat the Cat, Funny Valentine paperback;
Sporty Puppy: Lacing board book;
Splish Splash Splosh: 4 3-D board books;
Baby's Day board book;
Usborne Things that Move board book;
Every Thing Goes: Opposites and 1-2-3 board books;
Funny Bone Readers Set 1, with CD
Here are the rules:
Winners will be selected in a random drawing. Each post written as part of our Writing @ Reading series will count as one entry for the contest.
Each set of Writing @ Reading prompts will be published at Noon each day, March 4 to 8, 2013. We accept entries all week long, so if you decide to write to Monday's post on Wednesday, that's cool!
All entries must be submitted by Saturday, 9 March 2013 at Noon Eastern time. The drawing will be held on Monday March 11, 2013, and winners contacted by email by Tuesday, March 12, 2013.
Welcome to the May celebration dedicated to emerging and developing readers! This month we are hosting the
I Can Read Feast for New Readers here at Share a Story - Shape a Future.
For the next three days we will be talking about easy reader and short chapter books. In the days to come, stop back by to find book reviews for easy reader, short and illustrated chapter books, as well as tips and ideas for nurturing the developing bookworms.
The blogosphere is starting to come alive with ideas and activities for summer reading ... that time of year when kids see "no school," and we think "but they need to keep their skills up." Even though easy readers and illustrated chapter books are designed to help new readers build their skills, there is no reason they can't be fun!
So to kick us off, I'm going to go back to a personal fave!
Andy Shane and the Queen of Egyptby Jennifer Richard Jacobson
illustrated by Abby Carter
Candlewick Press, 2008
reading level: 3.5
Summary: Each student in Ms. Janice's class will do a project related to an African country for the Culture Fair. When Ms. Janice didn't hear Andy say "Egypt," Delores Starbuckle does her best to answer for him (and change his choice). In the process she announces to the class that she is the
Queen of Egypt, and is left having to persuade Andy that they can work together. Andy needs time to think about it. This early reader chapter book offers a humorous story about friendship, passion, and school projects!
Anyone familiar with Andy Shane's relationship with Delores knows that these are fun, fun books. Although the reading level is for a third grader, my then first grader L-O-V-E-D this book. It is a just-right selection for families with mixed age audiences: whether mom and dad are doing all the reading or the third grader is reading alous with younger siblings!
Do you have a favorite summer read for new and developing readers? We'd love to add it to our list! Just add your link in the InLinkz collection or in our comments! We'll pull them all into the main post when the event closes.
That truly is a stunning prize from RIF, and all those goodies I suspect from The Reading Tub too! <br /><br />Another great blog tour is on the way!
I'm new to this. How do I find the writing prompts and submit a post?
Susan - Reading is Fundamental has been <b>SO</b> generous to us over the years. There are so many books in that collection that are on my TBR pile.<br /><br />Michelle - Submitting posts for the Writing @ Reading prompts is easy. Each day at noon we publish a set of choices that are tied to the theme of the day. Once you've written the post, come back to add the link to the comments and your