Tag: reluctant readers
A recap of World Read Aloud Day
By Morgan on March 12th, 2013
Clifford, Pam Allyn, and kids celebrate World Read Aloud Day! We all know young kids love being read aloud to, but it turns out, older kids and even teens and adults often love it just as much — and often reap just as many benefits. Last weekmore… full post
All aboard the Toyland Express! (and a giveaway!)
By Jessica on November 29th, 2011
Admittedly, I give a lot of advice every day. The words “You should read this…” comes to mind. But allow me to give you another piece of advice: If anyone ever offers you the opportunity to visit the Walter Wick studios, GO! Don’tmore… full post
Superheroes: a gateway to reading?
By Guest Blogger on July 12th, 2011
We always love hearing from our authors on what got them into reading and writing, and today, we have Barry Lyga here to share his secret…and it’s a SUPER one. Don’t skip the ending — he has an awesome contest running on his blog. Thanks, Barry!more… full post
What’s your Goosebumps story?
By Morgan on October 25th, 2010
My brother was not a reader growing up. Even now as an adult, I only spot the occasional issue of a surfing magazine fanned out around his apartment. As kids, while I was immersed in The Baby-sitters Club and Judy Blume, he was busymore… full post
Boys should be allowed to read books they choose
By Jessica on September 24th, 2010
As you can imagine there has been a lot of conversation about the article in The Wall Street Journal entitled: “How to Raise Boys Who Read; Hint: Not with gross-out books and video-game bribes” by Thomas Spence. The article has generated a greatmore… full post
The Wall Street Journal Talks Boys and Reading
By Scholastic on August 8th, 2008
So everyone at OOM is pretty excited about John Hechinger’s Wall Street Journal piece today…it’s not every day that a major news outlet talks boys, books AND education all on the front page! (For those of you who like your news with a touch ofmore… full post
