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Do you read the original versions of fairy tales to your kids, or do you go for something with a little less bite?
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That intently reading, video game-playing or TV-watching child isn't ignoring you. Research shows she really doesn't hear you.
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A literacy expert suggests that when we read with our children from e-readers, we may be be impeding their ability to learn.
View ArticleWill Standardized Tests Kill Reading?
Two literary parents fear that boiling reading down to a quantifiable standard is taking all the pleasure out of books.
View ArticleChildren's Book Awards Announced
The American Library Association announced the winners of the Newbery and Caldecott medals on Monday.
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If there's an "upside" to dyslexia, how has it worked for you?
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An author comes out with a G-rated version of his controversial best-selling bedtime storybook.
View ArticleSummer Reading: 'Between the Lines' and 'Chomp'
This summer, the Motherlode Book Club will be reading two books parents and older children alike can enjoy, from Jodi Piccoult and her daughter, Samantha Van Leer and Carl Hiaasen.
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My daughter's dyslexia may mean that she never learns to share my love of language and literature. What will we share instead?
View ArticleDoes 'Reading' an Audio Book Count?
For school reading purposes, do books listened to, as audio books, count as books read?
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Can a student use an audio book for a school assignment? It depends on the reason the book or reading was assigned.
View ArticleAre Fairy Tales Really for Children?
Do you read the original versions of fairy tales to your kids, or do you go for something with a little less bite?
View ArticleInattentional Deafness Disorder
That intently reading, video game-playing or TV-watching child isn't ignoring you. Research shows she really doesn't hear you.
View ArticleWhy Books Are Better Than e-Books for Children
A literacy expert suggests that when we read with our children from e-readers, we may be be impeding their ability to learn.
View ArticleWill Standardized Tests Kill Reading?
Two literary parents fear that boiling reading down to a quantifiable standard is taking all the pleasure out of books.
View ArticleChildren’s Book Awards Announced
The American Library Association announced the winners of the Newbery and Caldecott medals on Monday.
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