For your Civil Rights and Social Justice toolkits, an alphabetized collection of bespoke reading lists for young readers from Activism to Zinn! 💪

#readearly #readoften #readaloud
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What's the one book that finally got your child (or you!) hooked on reading?

Share your "gateway book" in the comments below! 👇

#bookworm #bibliophile #readearly #readoften #readaloud #readeverything
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Small reasons to be happy.

7. Indie bookstores

#SmallReasonsToBeHappy #indiebookstore #smallbusiness #wellingtonsquarebookshop #fireflybookstore #cupboardmakerbooks #shoplocal #readoften

🤓A bit of bookish wisdom from the incomparable Lou Alcott:

"Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort."
-Louisa May Alcott

🎥: MidJourney
🎙️: ElevenLabs

#readearly #readoften #readaloud #kidlit #bibliophile

Congratulations, Malaya, you never cease to impress us! Thank you for showing the world that gap years take all forms, and for spending yours teaching children to read & learning to care for the sick.

Keep fighting the good fight!💪

#letfreedomread #readaloud #readoften #readeverything
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John Comenius, a 17th-century Czech philosopher, championed the revolutionary idea that people learn via their senses, paving the way for more inclusive and effective teaching methods for young people.
📸: John Comenius

#readearly #readoften #readaloud
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"Zadig, or The Book of Fate, is a novella by Voltaire. It tells the story of a Zoroastrian philosopher in ancient Babylonia." Reading this for the third time, and Irealised, like Frank Herbert, one doesn't 'read' Voltaire, one 'absorbes' 📖 #sponge #readmore #readoften

Not sure why they didn’t see this coming. It’s like none of these law firm partners ever read a children’s or YA novel in their youth 💙📚 #ReadWidely #ReadOften

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...

(rider with >50 years in the wind)

There are lots of old bikers.
There are lots of bold bikers.
There are very few old bold bikers.
#StartSeeingMotorcycles 👀
#RideSafe #ReadOften #RockOn

#BookSky! My January 2025 roundup courteously of #Bookly. And I just finished Book #6 “UNWIND” by Neal Schusterman if you’re into scify/dystopian fury, go with this. Looking forward to the rest of the series. #books #readmore #readoften #readnotscroll #booknerd

Yours truly was outright thrilled to see Bruce Coville's "My Teacher is An Alien" series show up a handful of times in the comments. Wonderful writing, big ideas, and SPACE TRAVEL! Plus a happy little blob named Poot.*
📸: Victoria Taylor

#freadom #readearly #readoften
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Reading Rainbow and its 26 Emmy Awards are a testament to the power of storytelling, and a reminder that the so-called "literacy crisis" isn't a new phenomenon, nor is its evergreen solution: Reading more books!

There are lots of great ones out there in every language!

#readoften
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"To recite poetry is to discover (as students) or rediscover (as educators) the ability of poets to speak down through the generations, using us as mouthpieces."

#readearly #readoften #readbannedbooks #readeverything

📸: Peter H. Reynolds
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𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲: 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 & 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀, 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 & 𝗪𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲
Pollyanna, by Eleanor H. Porter
https://bit.ly/3xHa62K

#readearly #readoften #readaloud #readeverything
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