Bringing the Magic: Making Sense Of The World With…
Just as parents are young children's first teachers for learning to read, parents are young children’s first teachers for learning math. Parents bring the…
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It Takes a Community to Raise a Reader
“We need stories now more than ever.” - Kate Di Camillo, children’s author
“Spring IS coming!” Our hanging-on-by-our-fingernails’ mantra this second, long,…
Reading Is Our Free Ticket To Everywhere
“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.” ~ Mason Cooley
Never, in my memory, have books and reading been a more important…
Pam Leo Reads Her New Book: Please Read To Me
Listen below to Pam Leo, Connection Parenting author and Book Fairy Pantry Project founder, read her new book to Kindred Fellows during this past summer's…
Book Fairy Pantry Project Receives $25,000 Stephen King Grant
Listen to Pam Leo's interview with Kindred about her new children's book, community activism, and family literacy as a social justice movement here.
The…
Pam Leo On Family Literacy As Social Justice, And Her New Book!
Kindred Media · Pam Leo on Family Literacy Advocacy as Social Justice, and her New Book!
Listen to Pam Leo, author of the beloved book, Connection…
Can Too Much Togetherness Cause Disconnection? What To Do?
“Every family has a story, and every family member needs to know what that story is.” – Kristine Manley
Warning! Too much togetherness can cause loss of…
The Gift Of Stories
“We respond to stories because they cultivate emotion and a sense of togetherness – a connection.” - Joshua VanDeBrake
“Just one more story...p-l-e-a-s-e!”…
Once Upon A Terrible, Terrible Time…
“...stories taught me many things: that I didn’t have to be ashamed when I was afraid, that I could learn to be brave, that there were times for sorrow and…
The Forever Gift
Whether or not children learn to read impacts their lives forever. Even though non-reading adults can and do learn to read, learning to read as an adult can…