Literacy Solutions for Schools Spending CARES Act Funding

Everywhere your students learn, they still need books. While digital instruction has become a necessity due to the pandemic, many schools and districts are recognizing the need for alternatives to e-books and other digital texts. Reading real, physical books can benefit your students in the following ways:  

Improves comprehension & retention  

Students who read from a physical book are more likely to understand the […]

Top 10 Highlights From Our First Project LIT Semester

By Project LIT educators Jarred Amato and Nikki Healy

In our last blog post, Just Read It: Reflections From Two Project LIT Educators, we shared a look back at our first semester by the numbers. Now, in addition to our daily reading time full of book talks and book hype, we’re sharing 10 LIT highlights […]

By |February 26th, 2020|Literacy News + Events|1 Comment

Just Read It: Reflections From Two Project LIT Educators

By Project LIT educators Jarred Amato and Nikki Healy

Happy New Year, everyone! Before we look ahead to 2020, Nikki and I wanted to take a moment to reflect on the first semester and celebrate the fact that our incredible high school students read a combined 1,417 books. 

Before we can even do that, however, it’s […]

By |February 19th, 2020|Literacy News + Events|1 Comment

How Booksource Helped #BookYourJourney at ILA 2019

They say New Orleans is where you go to “laissez les bon temps rouler” and the recent weekend we spent at the ILA 2019 Conference was no exception!

Booksource arrived at Booth #227 with one goal in mind: to help showcase that books can take you to some amazing places. In order to accomplish this, we […]

By |October 28th, 2019|Literacy News + Events|0 Comments

Reading Aloud Builds Communities

World Read Aloud Day (February 1st) is a day devoted to the power of literacy and the transformational joy that comes from sharing stories aloud within a family, a classroom, and a community. People in over 100 countries across the globe join us every year to celebrate the ability of words and literature to create […]

By |January 19th, 2018|Literacy News + Events|0 Comments

Building Literacy and Community At LitWorld’s Detroit Regional Story Summit

“Read. Aloooong. Read. Read. Aloooong!

Read. Aloooong. Read. Read. Aloooong!

Our hands are up high. Our feet are down low.

And THIS is how we read along!”

This is the song that opened our third annual Detroit Regional Story Summit last month. Alongside Booksource and LitWorld staff, we had over 250 students in attendance, representing ten different LitClubs across […]

By |July 24th, 2017|Literacy News + Events|0 Comments

Keeping You Informed: Lexile Level Changes

Leveled reading is not a new concept for many teachers. With the recognized educational benefits of choice reading, teachers continue to move away from prescribed readers and now offer engaging, real books for authentic reading instruction. However, with this model, teachers must have a way to determine which books provide the most appropriate text complexity […]

By |July 7th, 2017|Literacy News + Events|0 Comments

Reading Aloud in the Digital Age

There is one day every year where millions of us from around the globe take action to show that the right to literacy belongs to all people. This day is World Read Aloud Day, and on February 16, 2017, we will advocate for accessible and sustainable literacy communities through the read aloud. On this day, […]

By |February 3rd, 2017|Literacy News + Events|0 Comments

A Day in Her Shoes: Why We Stand Up for Girls

It’s almost evening on a typical Tuesday in October and Nydia is on her way to LitClub. After a long commute from her high school in lower Manhattan to her home in Harlem, she looks forward to reconnecting with her friends at the club, laughing over inside jokes, hearing their stories and sharing about her […]

By |October 10th, 2016|Literacy News + Events|0 Comments

Booksource Kids Celebrate Book Lover’s Day

 

National Book Lover’s Day is celebrated every year on August 9. This special day helps to promote the love of reading by sharing favorite books, inspiring authors, and special reading places. In its honor, the Booksource kids have a few recommendations for you! Have recommendations you’d like to share? Leave them for us in the […]

By |August 7th, 2016|Literacy News + Events|0 Comments