Guest Blogger Rachael Walker is the Outreach Consultant for AdLit.org, a national multimedia initiative offering resources to the parents and educators of struggling readers and writers in grades 4-12 and for Reading Rockets, a national multimedia initiative which aims to inform and inspire parents, teachers, childcare providers, and others who touch the life of a [...]
Entries Tagged as 'J.K. Rowling'
Putting the Adult in Young Adult Literature
March 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Authors & Illustrators, Books & Reading, Guest Blog Posts, Literacy
Tags: AdLit·AdLit.org·Ashes·Biographies·Ellen Klages·Historical Fiction·J.K. Rowling·John Green·Judy Blume·Katherine Paterson·Kathryn Lasky·Laurence Yep·Los Angeles Times·reading rockets·Sarah Dessen·Stephanie Meyer·Susan Carpenter·The Green Glass Sea
Odds and Bookends: September 11
September 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Books & Reading, Literacy Links and Articles
Target Volunteers School Library Makeover Target, First Book and the Heart of America Foundation have teamed up to provide books to children in need across the United States. Target kicked off the project this week on September 10 as part of the United We Serve initiative. National Library Card Sign-up Month Begins September is National [...]
Tags: Book Blogger·Heart of America Foundation·J.K. Rowling·Jack Prelutsky·Jon Scieszka·library·Target·Twilight·United We Serve
And the winner is… Kentucky!
September 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Authors & Illustrators, Book Distributions, Books & Reading
We asked you to share the memory of the book that got you hooked, then vote for the state to receive 50,000 new books – and you did! We are excited to annouce the winner of this year’s What Book Got You Hooked? campaign…(drumroll please)… KENTUCKY! In early 2009, First Book will deliver 50,000 new [...]
Tags: Dr. Seuss·Green Eggs and Ham·Harry Potter·J.K. Rowling·Kentucky·Laura Ingalls Wilder·Little House on the Prairie·Stephenie Meyer·Twilight·What Book Got You Hooked