News and Events

Dr. Lakeya Afolalu is an Assistant Professor at the University of Washington in the College of Education. As a scholar of Language, Literacy, and Culture, she specializes in the intersections of immigration, race, and identity. Raised between her Nigerian and African American cultures, her hybrid...

My 7-year-old son, Hugh, is a voracious reader who fully immerses himself in a state of absorbed reading. His teachers have had difficulty keeping up with his demand for reading more books, and the school library is, without question, his happy place where he is transported to many worlds–from Chad...

Dr. Lisa Sensale Yazdian currently manages education and engagement efforts at Cincinnati Educational Television (CET)/PBS, but has worked to engage birth-adult learners in P-12, higher education, community, and for-profit settings for the last 29 years. She’s curious about the various ways her 6...

Annie Moses, Ph.D., is the Director of Periodicals / Editor in Chief at the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Previously, she served as an associate professor and program coordinator of early childhood, and her research focuses on early literacy, media, and early...

NOTE: Dr. Macaluso's post is in response to the introduction post, "What Should "Count" for Summer Reading " and follows Dr. Reynolds' post, " Choice and Possibility in Summer Reading " and public librarian Stephanie Schott's post "What 'Counts' as Reading" . We will be posting a response next...

Stephanie Schott is the Branch Manager at Chugiak-Eagle River Library (Anchorage Public Library) in Alaska. She received a Masters in Library & Information Science from Rutgers University. Stephanie has jumped around the library world including stops at Alaska State Library, Maine State Library, and...

Dr. Julia Reynolds is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. She is also the mother of an 18-year-old son who loves to read, despite any barriers he may have faced due to his book choices or reading abilities. She values summer reading and advocates for students to have choice in what they read...

This blog series was inspired by a 12 year-old who wanted to know why the approximately 10,000 pages of manga he read over the summer did not “count” as much as other books (e.g. Newbery and other award winning books) for his school summer reading log. Over the next few weeks, several literacy...

When asked to make book recommendations, Daniel offered 5 titles along with how and why he finds these texts valuable. We hope you will read them for your own enjoyment and perhaps find ways to share with the young readers in your life! Recommendation 1: Make Your Bed by Admiral William H. McRaven...

Dr. Nicole Mirra is an Associate Professor of Urban Teacher Education, Learning & Teaching at Rutgers University in the Graduate School of Education. Dr. Antero Garcia is an Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University and Vice President of the National Council of...