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The habits of lifelong readers

Access to books at home, setting aside reading time, being a reading role model for children, and book choice are proven ways to encourage lifelong reading.

Promoting a love of reading

Cooper talks about her role on the board of the National Children’s Book and Literacy Alliance (NCBLA), detailing the important work NCBLA does in promoting books, libraries, and literacy.

Thank you Miss Potter

Miller recounts how her elementary school librarian, Miss Potter, encouraged her love of reading and books.

Does quality matter?

Books that children enjoy reading—however high or low they may be on the ladder of literary excellence—can be viewed as gateways to literacy.

The limits of Lexile

Miller has observed that Lexile rankings can limit young readers and aren’t always the best measure of text complexity.

Clandestine comics

Gene Luen Yang recounts smuggling comic books into his childhood home.

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