Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. (RIF), founded in 1966, motivates children to read by working with them, their parents, and community members to make reading a fun and beneficial part of everyday life. Find out more at http://www.rif.org.
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Last year as I flew from D.C. to be with family for Thanksgiving I sat by a gentleman who struck up a conversation as we landed; he asked if I was going to have a big Thanksgiving. I noted it is always “big” for me to be with family whether the gathering is large in numbers or not. He...
The National Book Foundation has just announced the 2009 Young People’s Literature winner: Claudette Colvin, Twice Towards Justice by Phillip Hoose. ...
In Southeastern Idaho on the 544,000-acre reservation of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribe with a population of 6,400, there are two schools: one high school and the Shoshone-Bannock Early Childhood Program...
A young reader enjoys a book at RIF's booth. Greetings! Several RIF staffers just returned from the Miami Book Fair International in sunny Miami. In its 26th year, the fair is one of the nation’s premier literary festivals with over 350 authors and 200,000 attendees celebrating books and reading! ...
The combination ofauthor Jack Prelutsky using theword “Umbrellaphant” and Carin Berger’s terrific and perfect illustration of an umbrellaphant drew me quickly to this book’s cover….but how did I miss it in 2006 when published? I am gla...
Recently Betsy of A Fuse #8 Production posted a listing of books she wishes she had discovered (and that they had been available at that time in some cases) during her childhood/youth ages;the concept came about following a conversation Betsy and Molly of Ten Block Walkhad on this topic of...
1. It was a great week for the RIF DC Initiative with more and more photos now appearing in the office of happy faces holding new, free books and totem poles of renown...
Check out this new “take charge” reader at the RIF Reading Garden today in the RIF tent sponsored byMacy’s in Children’s Alley at the Miami Book Festival International! Come see us this weekend in Miami! HappyReading! The RIF Growing Readers Gardening Team
I am a fan of Laurie Halse Anderson, pure and simple; and I am excited for her about this lovely writing cottage she now has as a retreat for her writing periods to continue giving so many of us great pleasure through her books...
