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Since I began to read to my kids, children’s books have been one of my best teachers. When my kids were small, I learned about early automobiles, planes and sailing ships. Recently, I have learned the biographies, unknown to me, of influential minority heroes. This weekend, I read Kimberly Brubaker Bradley’s Fighting Words. It is…

The mission of Partners in Literacy is to create communities of readers in schools.  This year we fulfilled our mission in new ways. We were happy to give two remote “workshops” for 5 elementary school librarians in Cortez Colorado. (Cortez is the gateway to Mesa Verde.) Paralibrarians are required only to have a high school…

I want to tell you how much gratitude that I have for being able to participate in your program for these last few years.  It has been exceptionally gratifying to be able to read with the same student;  watch her grow academically; and share in her excitement as she masters new books and new levels…

by Becca Thomas, Partners in Literacy Coordinator for Stedman Elementary The first day I stood outside Miss Deb’s Brilliant Minds class and welcomed each student with a fist bump, dance move, hug and their bag of books; we were there for the kids. As a Partners in Literacy Coordinator, we meet our volunteers once a…

By Poulami Wielga January 22, 2021 I first met Julian in May 2020 over Zoom, just as the school year was wrapping up and everyone was looking ahead to a summer of isolation. I was told he was a very shy, soon-to-be first grader. If I could read with him for twenty minutes, twice a…