Tag Archives: Reading

Reading Nook

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

French artist Thierry Mandon uses video, performance art, and installations to reflect on the poetic nature of everyday existence with a twist of absurdist humor.

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How the dead communicate with us

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

Last year, British cartoonist, artist, and children’s book writer Chris Riddell published this wonderful series of sketches that illustrate comments by the great Neil Gaiman on a variety of book related topics.

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A prophet is not without honor

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Brian D. Butler
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Discovering Books

Posted on April 5, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

 

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Cultivating Readers

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

With an entirely new crop of babies arriving in our family this year, I have been focused again on the importance of starting early reading to children. Research has clearly shown that reading to and with children from birth and throughout childhood … Continue reading →

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It’s Good To Have Goals

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Brian D. Butler
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Imagination Library

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

You probably know Dolly Parton as a country singer and actress, but you may not be aware that she is a philanthropist and huge supporter of childhood literacy programs. In 1995, she launched Imagination Library, a literacy program that mails … Continue reading →

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It’s World Read Aloud Day

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

Today is the annual World Read Aloud Day across the globe. As part of the ongoing campaign to encourage reading to children of all ages, the international nonprofit LitWorld has teamed-up with publisher Scholastic. Activities have been planned for classrooms and libraries to help … Continue reading →

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Reading Resolutions 2018

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Brian D. Butler

H/t to Inkwood Books in historic Haddonfield, N.J. .  

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Support Your Local Library

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Brian D. Butler
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