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Serendipitous Magic in Vermont
A late postcard from the holidays. My family travelled up to Vermont after Christmas to visit family – my wife’s sister’s family – including their three grown-up children – all home from college and entrepreneurial heaven. On the way up – 13 hours – we listened to a little HP 3 (Harry Potter and the [...]

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Gurney Elementary School in Chagrin Falls, OH is Read to Them's 2012 Model School of the Year. Read more here.

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Sauk Rapids-Rice, MN is Read to Them's first ever 2012 Model District of the Year. Read more here.

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First, we’re having a GREAT time with the One School-One Book program…. Getting “thank you” notes from parents already about how it’s “forcing” some family reading time that they seemed to have lost over the years.
— Paul Marinko - Principal at St. Paul's Lutheran School - Fort Wayne, IN
Since last spring, our entire school has excitedly embraced the One School, One Book Program. We will soon begin our spring selection: A Cricket in Times Square -- the third book we've adopted since the spring of 2010! We are so thrilled with the positive impact this program has had on our students, families, and staff
— Laurie LaRue - First Grade Teacher at Edgewood School - Bristol, CT
I think the OSOB program is brilliant. My seven year-old attends Orleans Elementary in Massachusetts and they (we) are reading Masterpiece. Since the grades levels range from one to five at this school, finding a book to suit all is difficult. My daughter can follow the big picture somewhat but we have to reinforce what we’ve read because it’s a lot to take in for her.
— Glenn Krzeminski - Parent of student at Orleans Elementary - Orleans, MA
The One District, One Book program promoted by Read To Them...is a powerful way to systemically address and promote a culture of literacy throughout the entire school system. My school actually adopted a hamster and even used it as “pet therapy” for many of the behaviorally challenged children in our school.
— Kenny Moles of West Virginia

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Listen in as the Currituck County School Board discusses their district's experience reading The Mouse and the Motorcycle. Click the links before for some highlights!

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Spring Newsletter

You can download and read Read to Them‘s Spring Newsletter here. The newest Newsletter features news about our presentations at the IRA Convention in San Antonio; updates from our member schools in Montpelier, Virginia; and demonstrations of how member schools actively actively create a Community of Readers! If you want to offer your own submission to the RTT Newsletter, you can contact RTT Newsletter editor, Jan Bates, here.

3 New Recommended Titles Added for One School, One Book

We are continually adding new titles to our list of Recommended Book List for One School, One Book. When you become a member school you gain access to the packet of materials – including trivia questions, a reading schedule, and assembly scripts – for each featured title.

The newest titles are James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl; Masterpiece, by Elise Broach; and Trouble According to Humphrey, by Betty G. Birney.

Click here to see the full list of recommended books.

OSOB Opening Assembly Featured in Richmond Times Dispatch

South Anna Elementary School in Montpelier, Virginia and Read to Them’s One School, One Book program were recently featured in the Richmond Times Dispatch. The school is beginning to read Beverly Cleary’s The Mouse and the Motorcycle and the enthusiasm is evident. Check out the article and video at the RTD website.

RTT Winter Newsletter

You can download and read Read to Them’s Winter Newsletter here. The newest Newsletter features news about our upcoming presentations at the IRA Convention in San Antonio; our partnership with Penguin Books; and news about One School, One Book in a U.S. Marine base on Okinawa! If you want to offer your own submission to the RTT Newsletter, you can contact RTT Newsletter, Jan Bates, here..

Another new post on The Counterpane

Try reading a high quality book with your middle school child. Try Bryce Courtenay’s The Power of One. Bruce Coffey explains here.

“Sharing a book with your middle school child is a way to share a cultural experience – something that will entertain and stimulate both of you. It does not specifically partake of your world or theirs. Good literature operates in a nether world – in between – where it is safe for both of you to be surprised, engaged, enthralled, curious, provoked, unsure. That is what literature is for – and we all know it can be harder to find or locate that space – or even that time – w/ your adolescent child.”

Learn more about OSOB

Here are two introductory videos to explain One School, One Book. Check 'em out - then use them to explain OSOB to the rest of your community - teachers, parents, sponsors.