{"id":40,"date":"2024-02-26T15:08:27","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T15:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/littlebookworms.ca\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2024-04-10T23:44:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T23:44:34","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/littlebookworms.ca\/?page_id=40","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Little Bookworms is an online children&#8217;s bookstore offering a curated collection of high-quality books selected by a <a href=\"https:\/\/littlebookworms.ca\/?page_id=493\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"493\">literacy<\/a> professional and mom of two little bookworms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"letter-spacing:2px\"><em> <strong>R.E.A.D.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Wondering how to create a thoughtful and purposeful collection of children\u2019s books? Whether it\u2019s for your child, family, classroom, or community group, consider the R.E.A.D. criteria:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Relevant<\/em><br>Relevance allows readers to make connections to the book. Making connections is an important part of learning, whether we\u2019re learning to read or reading to learn. Books may be relevant on an individual level to a personal interest or a lived experience. In the classroom, books may be relevant to a learning goal or curriculum topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Engaging<\/em><br>If a book is not able to hold our attention and interest, we\u2019re not getting anything out of it. Examples of engaging features for young readers include lyrical text, humour, and visually appealing pictures. Photographs, particularly of people, are especially engaging for babies and toddlers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Appropriate<\/em><br>Books for young readers of course need to be age-appropriate in terms of content, but the complexity &amp; length also need to be appropriate for individual reading ability and attention span. A book that is too complex will be frustrating, and a book that is overly simplistic will be boring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Diverse<\/em><br>Humans come in all shapes, sizes, colours, genders, family dynamics, abilities, etc., and every collection of children&#8217;s books should reflect this diversity. All children should be able to see characters who look like them, and all children benefit from being exposed to a variety of characters with diverse traits and appearances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Little Bookworms is an online children&#8217;s bookstore offering a curated collection of high-quality books selected by a literacy professional and mom of two little bookworms. R.E.A.D. Wondering how to create a thoughtful and purposeful collection of children\u2019s books? 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