Scholastic’s Kids and Family Reading Report is a national survey of children ages 6–17 and their parents that explores attitudes and behaviors around books and reading.

Andrea Davis Pinkney

In this episode, I’m joined by author, Vice President, and Editor-at-Large at Scholastic, Andrea Davis Pinkney. We talk about what the most recent report means for us as parents–and there’s a lot for us in there!

In this episode, you’ll hear:

  • why we need to build home libraries, and how to do that without breaking the bank
  • what kids are really hoping they’ll find in the books they read
  • how to make our kids readers for life (listen until the end for five ‘Reading Resolutions’)

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Books from this episode:

(All links are affiliate links.)

Poppy
Bud, Not Buddy
A Poem for Peter
The Red Pencil
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down (Jane Addams Honor Book (Awards))
Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters
Bird in a Box
The Watsons Go to Birmingham: 1963
Elijah of Buxton
Happy Dreamer
Refugee
Why Am I Me?
The The Madman of Piney Woods

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Andreas feet on the Scholastic Credo

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