In June, the Ed Team is thinking about libraries and their importance for literacy and education. I read The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray. The book’s protagonist, Belle da Costa Greene, was the real life personal librarian for J.P. Morgan. She helped him build one of the world’s finest collections...It is hard for me, an AWC member of 36 years, (who loves to read!) to imagine the club without a library! A lot has changed over the past 91 years. While members return more frequently to the US and come back...
Looking for books and strategies to instill a love of reading in the “littles” in your life? Check out this VIDEO by Nancy Lynner for inspiration!
Click on the links below to see what’s been happening in the world of education this month!
Children Back in School after Cleanup in Traumatized Ukrainian Village
Click HERE to read the article from The Guardian on students’ enthusiasm as they returned to school in Novyi Bykiv!
2022 UNESCO Global Gender Education Report: Deepening...
We often think of the fight for literacy taking place in the halls of government or with human rights activists. Author Sapphire takes the fight for literacy into the boxing ring of real life. The main character, Precious Jones, is a sixteen-year-old girl living in a house of domestic and sexual abuse. She is living...
This April, the Ed Team has also been inspired by the Kate Greenway (Carnegie sister award for illustration) shortlist and SDG Target 4.7, Global Citizenship. We recommend reading Drawn Across Borders, True Stories of Human Migration by George Butler. Every high school library should have this book to teach students about human rights, human...