Start the Habit Young: At some Southern Arizona clinics, books have replaced lollipops
Thanks Adam Curtis at Willcox Range News for this wonderful article about Reach Out and Read Southern Arizona – A program of Literacy Connects. Children who get checkups at the Chiricahua Community Health Centers do not ask for lollipops anymore—they ask for books. Every now and then, Dr. Jonathan Lee-Melk, the medical director of community […]
Children’s stories are turned into hand-published books in Bisbee
Stories that Soar! has entered into the book making component of its program in Bisbee. Children from Bisbee, Naco, and Sierra Vista wrote stories for the Stories that Soar’s Magic Box. Some of those stories were chosen to be made into books, and others will be selected to be acted out as performances at MAKE. […]
Thanks Tucson for a record-setting show of support at Tucson Festival of Books!
Thanks to your support, Literacy Connects collected over 1,400 signatures for the National Right to Literacy Scroll at their tent at the Tucson Festival of Books on March 10 and 11. This is a new national record!! Previously Milwaukee held the record for the most signatures with 1,238. There is no competition for how many […]
The National Right to Literacy Scroll comes to the Tucson Festival of Books
Literacy Connects will be collecting signatures for the National Right to Literacy Scroll at our tent (#300) at the Tucson Festival of Books on March 10 and 11. Both President Obama and Maya Angelou are among the 30,000 people throughout the country who have signed the scroll. “Right now, a staggering 30 million adults in […]
