Last week I took a group of students to The Forest of Reading Festival – “the largest literary festival for young readers in Canada.” What an amazing experience! This group of students, over the past few months, had read a selection of books from the nominated list for the Silver Birch award. They then voted for which author they felt was most deserving of receiving the award. At the festival, the winning author was announced. It did indeed feel like a “rock concert for reading”! We also went to some author workshops, waited in line for author autographs, got some free books, and generally walked around and had fun!
One of our students got selected to be a presenter on stage! Very exciting!
It was so amazing to see kids everywhere reading, and during an author workshop to hear them share about books that have been special to them and their families and friends.
My shirt says, “It’s a good day to read a book.”
These girls waited so patiently to get a photo op with the winning Silver Birch author- Colleen Nelson, who won for her book Undercover Book List!
GROWING READERS TIP- DID YOU KNOW?
If you read to a child 15 minutes a day, by age 5 that will add up to:
27,375 minutes or
456 hours or
19 days!
TAKE AWAY: Read for at least 15 minutes every day.
Don’t forget- Spark Book Fair is coming in one week!! (Book Outlet). We ran this book fair a couple years ago with great success because of the amazing prices and wide selection for adults and kids.
