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Recommended Reads “ The simplest way to make sure we raise literate children is to show them that reading is a pleasurable activity. And that means finding books that they enjoy, giving access to those books, and letting them read them.”Neil Gaiman
Why Reading MattersHow your brain and body benefit when you crack open a book – National Reading Campaign, 2017
Donʼt take literacy for granted – Craig Alexander, 2012
Make every student count: How collaboration among families, schools, and communities ensures student success – Family and Community Engagement 2013
Research Compendium, Scholastic
Literacy in a Digital WorldReader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World – Maryanne Wolf, 2018
Screen time and young children: Promoting health and development in a digital world – Canadian
Paediatric Society Position Statement, 2017
Literacy and the EconomyCanadaʼs shortfall in basic skills costs us all – Janet Lane and T. Scott Murray, The Globe and Mail, 2019
Literacy and poverty: Discussion Paper – Frontier College, 2017
CALGARYREADS.COM
“ Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are the first and most necessary steps in education… it is our childrenʼs right and it is also our best hope and their best hope for the future.” Michael Morpurgo
“ Literacy could be the ladder out of poverty.” Morgan Freeman
Calgary ReadsAlberta Reads Network
The Calgary Reads Story