First Read to Succeed runs October through April. The cost of books is funded largely through local grants and Altrusa's annual Spring Bash.

What do a cartoon book, science fiction novel and read-aloud book all have in common? They are three books recently ...

As the "science of reading" movement has spread, predictable texts for beginning readers have come under fire.

The valorization of librarians as public servants makes even less sense than that of schoolteachers. Despite earning my ...

Throughout her nearly 30-year career as an elementary school reading specialist, Christie Welsby has struggled to find material that was both decodable (able to be sounded out) and engaging. “The ...

Second-grade Heritage student Paislee Stewart said she liked getting to pick out items she could take home with her. “I like books because you can read a lot of them, and if you get chapter ...

So would young Freddy, who struggles with it in this warmly written 1969 story about the second-grade ... one (read aloud by ...

What’s Going On is a listing of activities taking place throughout the Downriver community. To submit an event, send an email to [email protected]. List the time, date, location, cost ...

Early childhood literacy plays an important role in the success of a child in and outside of school.That's why Heart of ...

Elite college educators described being shocked at finding students in their classes unprepared to read full books in a piece from The Atlantic Tuesday.