Discover 175,000+ gently used books and support early literacy at the 20th Calgary Reads Big Book Sale May 10-20 at the Calgary Curling Club!
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✨Calling all gently used children’s books!✨The Book Bank has so many requests for books to go into holiday hampers for children in need—and you can help! 📖💫
Book Bank Donation Day
📖Saturday Dec. 7
📖Shedpoint (1212 34 Avenue SE (Bay 120),
📖10 am - 1 pm
They can accept board books, picture books, chapter and young adult books. Hope to see you there! 📚🎄
(Pictured here is Dawn sharing a recent donation from @cenovusenergy)
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#bookbank #bookownership #calgaryreads #yycreads #yycusedbooks #magicofreading
📚💛 Welcome to our new committee co-chair!!
Many of you volunteers will recognize Gail Boehm, who first got involved with Calgary Reads Big Book Sale about 15 years ago.
"It was a lot of fun, so I just kept volunteering," says Gail.
Several years ago…
Several years ago, Gail became one of the non-fiction super volunteers, and a few years later she became one of the non-fiction leads. She loves non-fiction because of her lifelong curiosity about all the topics you can find there. “It's like a treasure hunt every day.”
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The thrill and pride of book ownership fosters a love for reading that can last a lifetime. The Little Red Reading House is a community branch of the Owerko Centre, and is spreading the gift of reading across the community. Read more from Livewire Calgary bit.ly/4eQGW10
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🩷🧡We close our #LeftUnreadStorybooth series with a hopeful, uplifting message from Jenna, a teacher candidate and reading tutor who struggled with reading herself as a child.
📺 Watch this at youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
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Sometimes, all you need is a safe, cosy, colourful place to read. 💖📖
In this #LeftUnreadStorybooth conversation, meet Karn of Youth Centres of Calgary Ogden. Here how a Reading Place and a little one-to-one reading time is making a difference for these #yyc kids.
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Many cultures are rooted in oral storytelling. How can we help immigrant families to also spark a love of reading & books?
In this #LeftUnreadStorybooth, meet Malaika, a teacher candidate at @mrulife who moved to Canada from DRC, Africa...
youtu.be/ys3QB6GbOo0
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Did you know the human brain is not naturally wired to learn how to read? If a child doesn't get help 'cracking the code' of reading, it can affect them all their years in school and life...
In this #LeftUnreadStorybooth video, we hear from Pam...
youtu.be/wIz6_bwpMPA
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What challenges do newcomers face in rising above low literacy?
In the fourth #LeftUnreadStorybooth conversation, we hear from Michael, manager of program innovation at @familiesmatter, about how families can get lost...and how they can be supported. 💖
youtu.be/JJgJZXMRFcg
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✨Left Unread Storybooth launch!✨
This is the first of many powerful and urgent conversations about childhood reading. Just ahead of #internationalliteracyday Sept. 8, we launch the Storybooth series with the story of Andrée...
youtu.be/CXSVy3EHcqI
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🌟One more Storybooth sneak peek!🌟 What can we do about low childhood literacy rates? How can our community help more Calgary children learn to read by Grade 3 so they can thrive in school and life? ✨
youtu.be/8vjQUBp5xyA
#LeftUnreadStorybooth launches Friday Sept. 6!
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⭐️Coming Soon⭐️The Left Unread Storybooth Series.
Too many children right here in Alberta can’t read. Too many children are just a connection away from opening the door to a world of opportunity through reading. How do we get from here to there?
Here is a sneak peak at…
📖✨Recipient News!!📖✨ For 20 years, proceeds of the Calgary Reads Big Book Sale have been helping local students become joyful, confident readers. 📚💛
Our sale steward, @rotaryyyc, is excited to announce this year's first recipients!
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Which books have you already read to a child and loved? 🩷🧡 Which ones are you now on the hunt for?
#readtoachild #nochildleftunread #familyreading #calgaryreads #yycreads #earlyliteracy #earlyliteracymatters
🌻📖 The end of summer is a great time to make family reading a habit before the busyness of back to school. Pick a day and time, just like family movie night, and get ready for all kinds of reading fun + help your kiddo discover new words & worlds!
#calgaryreads #yycreads
Follow this link for some tips to make family reading a part of your weekly routine:
👶🏽 for birth to age 5
👧🏼 for kindergarten to age 8
readtogetherclt.org/?mc_cid=…
We'd love to see and hear about your family reading fun! Share your tips & photos with #ReadingTogetherBBS! 📖🌻
🏕️What a fun way to help keep up reading skills over the summer and enjoy a readaloud in the wild!
@UForLiteracy is hosting a Summer Reading Tent:
Monday, July 22
11 am - 1 pm
Tuxedo Corner Playground
It's free & drop-in!
Learn more: unitedforliteracy.ca/Program…
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Everyday activities are a great chance to help your grandchild hear new words. Here's a great article from @BBC with tips for easy ways to teach words to grandchildren. 🧒✨
bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people/…
#NoChildLeftUnread #earlyliteracy #earlyliteracymatters #leftunreadab
