Building a Nation of Readers

Stephen Krashen has been saying it for a long time...Read his comments here , here, and and here.

Dolly Parton put her money where her mouth was.

Others have been working hard at it for years with great success.

It's simple. Access to books is good for reading achievement. The more kids have access to books, the higher their reading achievement. There's a program this summer taking place in seven states which will put books into the hands of students who live in areas where access to books is lacking. Sometimes the school libraries are poorly stocked...sometimes the public libraries are too far away or hard (or dangerous) to get to. With this program thousands of children are going to get books of their own.

Click here to read about it.