Literacy


The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child
Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It
Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever
The Daily Five
Reading in the Wild
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
The CAFE Book: Engaging All Students in Daily Literacy Assessment and Instruction
Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
What Really Matters for Struggling Readers: Designing Research-Based Programs
Language at the Speed of Sight
Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading
Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
How Rocket Learned to Read
The Read-Aloud Handbook
The Dyslexic Advantage by Brock L. EideOvercoming Dyslexia By Shaywitz Sally E by Sally E. ShaywitzFish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly HuntDyslexia by Carolina FrohlichAt Home with Dyslexia by Sascha  Roos
Best Dyslexia Books
56 books — 54 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerFear of Beauty by Susan FroetschelDrawn to Jonah by Jennifer DeCuirMountain Boy by Thelma Harrington BellLessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Fiction about illiteracy
10 books — 4 voters

Alexandra Fry, Private Eye by Angella GraffThe Persecution of Mildred Dunlap by Paulette MahurinChildren of War by Astrid V.J.Angels Cried by Stephen L. WilsonVerse for Ages by Colleen Thatcher
Books that Support Charity
151 books — 128 voters
Cardanica by Dario TonaniThe Augmented Mind by Derrick de KerckhoveWikiWorld by Paul Di FilippoBenchwarmer by Mike ResnickRicordi by Mike Resnick
40k English titles
40 books — 21 voters

Malcolm X
People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book. ...more
Malcolm X

Neil deGrasse Tyson
People cited violation of the First Amendment when a New Jersey schoolteacher asserted that evolution and the Big Bang are not scientific and that Noah's ark carried dinosaurs. This case is not about the need to separate church and state; it's about the need to separate ignorant, scientifically illiterate people from the ranks of teachers. ...more
Neil deGrasse Tyson

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A space for sharing what you are reading and providing reviews of what you read to others in thi…more
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Dyslexia Kids Group to discuss books about dyslexia and dyslexic friendly books for children.
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Cheraw Intermediate School's Awesome Readers A place for those involved at Cheraw Intermediate School to discuss and share books from both in…more
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This group if for University of Nebraska-Omaha Library Science students taking TED 2360, Spring …more
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