Category Archives: Reading Engagement
Freedom to Read
It’s Freedom to Read Week in Canada, and time to reflect on intellectual freedom and the role of the school library program. Freedom to Read in the School Library School libraries should be the champions of the freedom to read. … Continue reading
Stop Pretending… #MakeSchoolDifferent
I am taking up Doug Peterson’s (@dougpete) challenge to contribute to the #makeschooldifferent conversation. Here are the five things that I think we need to stop pretending. Stop pretending that levelled books and classroom libraries create lifelong readers. Early readers … Continue reading
OLA Forest Engages Readers
This week I had the immense pleasure of attending the Festival of Trees in both Toronto and Ottawa. Thousands of young people gathered in these two cities and several others across the province to celebrate good books and amazing Canadian … Continue reading
