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In conjunction with our Mayor’s Summer Reading Club Partners and the Rollins Center for Language & Literacy, we want to ensure parents have the tools needed to reinforce reading at home.  Here are some ways you can make reading a regular and FUN habit at home.

“The way parents read makes a big difference in the development of their children’s vocabulary, comprehension and critical thinking skills. Therefore, one of the goals of the MSRC is to provide information and coaching to parents on how to better engage with their children while reading. Research shows that by reading with their children – not to them – parents greatly increase children’s language and literacy, developing the foundation they need to enter kindergarten as strong, confident learners on a path to grade level reading. The Rollins Center for Language & Literacy at the Atlanta Speech School has developed the READ strategy:”

  1. Repeat the book
  2. Engage and enjoy
  3. Ask Questions
  4. Do more with the book

-Rollins Center for Language & Literacy

What are YOU going to do with the BOOK?

Make a REAL world CONNECTION with your child.  Read the book and take a particular portion of the story, topic or theme and connect it with an EXPERIENCE.  For instance in Virginia Hamilton’s Bluish, there is a discussion about the Jewish religion and how they celebrate certain holidays.  Take a trip to the William Breman Jewish Heritage & Holocaust Museum to find out the history and culture.

Connect the reading experience by cooking and reading recipes, playing a game or grocery shopping together.

Are you providing enough EXPOSURE for your child?  Today, there is much discussion on politics, local and national government, the economy and employment.  How much does your child understand about the world around them. Take them to community meetings, voting polls and watch local and national news programs and discuss them as a family.  Stress the importance of why laws matter to you, your family and them.

Next time you are visiting the dentist or doctor’s office, ask him or her to briefly discuss how and why they pursued their profession.  What schools did they attend? How does reading play an important role in their career?

Is your child MOTIVATED to read?  Ignite a love of reading by making it a shared experience.  For example, read a book and then watch the movie! Here’s our little secret: The BOOK is always better!  Compare and contrast how the movie was different from the book. What creative licenses did the director take in making the movie.  Remember, the director has only an hour and a half to tell the story. How does he or she tell the story in a way to keep you interested and MOTIVATED?  Is it exactly like the book?

How can you help?

A book for A child for 2 semesters: $20

Books for 1 classroom per semester: $250

Books for 2 classrooms per semester: $500

100 Books: $1,000

Author’s school visit & 100 books: $2,000

Page Turners Make Great Learners Dots

Company Sponsored Read-a-thon: $3,750

Branded Book Donation to the School’s Media Center

Classroom Guest Reader

Top & Most Improved Reader Award Recognition

Acknowledgment on Page Turners Website & Newsletter

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Children who don’t read can’t succeed. It’s just that simple.

Page Turners promotes shared reading experiences that engage, inspire and expand students’ knowledge of themselves and the world around them.  When books occupy a central place in a child’s world of entertainment, spirited conversations, personal discoveries and lasting learning are sure to follow.

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Page Turners Make Great Learners, Inc.’s mission is to expand children’s knowledge and understanding of the world, themselves and their unique possibilities through a love of reading.

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We are with You

At Page Turners Make Great Learners, we believe that all children find themselves when they are lost in the pages of a book. In the company of beloved literary characters, mythical heroes, historical giants, or even evil archvillains, children learn about themselves and who they can choose to become. In this time of civil unrest, books have the power to enlighten, to change perspectives and to heal the wounds of hate and division. This is why Page Turners’ work is more important today than ever before.

Through our in-school book clubs, book donations and author visits, Page Turners strives to introduce children to diverse cultures and view points. For the vast majority of the students we serve, books are a luxury their families can seldom afford. More than 90% of these students are Black. Most of the books they read in school, while of undisputed literary value, do not feature characters who look like them or whose experience mirrors theirs.

Given the current civil unrest in our nation, we believe it is vital to introduce Black authors, characters, and texts to both Black and non-Black parents and children. We hope the titles listed below will spark productive conversations about racism and prejudice and lead to greater empathy, understanding and harmony.

We welcome your thoughts about these books and would love to hear more about the discussions you are having with your families and friends. You can share them on our social media platforms via LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

What affects Black communities, affects us all.

 

All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Slay by Brittany Morris
The Skin I’m In by Sharon Flake
Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
Blended by Sharon Draper
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams
Parker Looks Up by Parker Curry and Jessica Curry
Infinite Hope by Ashley Bryan
Love by Matt de la Pena
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena
The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed
Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Crown by Derrick Barnes
New Kid by Jerry Craft