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Arts Dec 29

Booksellers look back at the best titles of 2020

By Jeffrey Brown, Rhana Natour

Arts Jul 02

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Drag Queen Story Hour offers a different kind of page-turner

Children’s story hours are intended to instill a love of reading in young kids. But one reading program also seeks to spread messages about self-love, acceptance of others and appreciation of diversity: Drag Queen Story Hour, a national organization that…

By Julia Griffin

Education Apr 30

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What parents of dyslexic children are teaching schools about literacy

Fewer than 40 percent of fourth and eighth grade students nationwide are proficient readers. Now, led by parents of children with dyslexia, a learning disability that makes reading and spelling difficult, some states are trying to change how reading is…

By Lisa Stark, Education Week

Agents for Change Mar 01

How a Jordanian scientist spreads the love of reading around the world

To help kids in her neighborhood fall in love with reading, Rana Dajani sought to replicate her own experience. A decade later, her nonprofit has expanded to more than 40 countries globally.

By Maea Lenei Buhre

Arts Nov 19

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Kate DiCamillo on the magic of reading aloud

We tend to reserve reading aloud for kids or others who can't read on their own. But beloved children's book author Kate DiCamillo thinks the practice offers a special opportunity for people to connect. She offers her humble opinion on…

Jun 07

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Getting books from the U.S. feeds these students’ love of reading

By Fred de Sam Lazaro

Books For Africa has sent more than 41 million books over the last 30 years to 53 different countries, where students say the variety of titles have made them enthusiastic readers. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports.

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Apr 21

WATCH: Jeffrey Brown interviews authors at the LA Times Festival of Books

By News Desk

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is bringing more than 500 authors and thousands of fans together for a weekend-long celebration of reading.

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Mar 27

The best weapon against ‘summer slide’ is parents reading, nonprofit says

By Larisa Epatko

Parents and teachers are committed to the same goal of helping a child become a successful reader, but the classroom isn’t structured in a way where a child gets consistent individual attention. That’s where a parent can step in.

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Mar 12

Opinion: The secret to being fully present

By Ann Patchett

Author Ann Patchett says "admitting that I’m incapable of multitasking was an important first step."…

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Nov 30

How giving away free books became a Baltimore institution

By Michael Boulter

It’s a four-room warehouse where anyone can walk in, take as many books as they want and walk out. There’s no cash register and no clerk, just rows and rows of free books for anyone who wants them.

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