Comic books (and their slightly more sophisticated cousin, the graphic novel) get a bad rap. It’s a common belief that stories told in pictures are for young children, who aren’t yet able to read. Once you’re ready to sound out C-A-T, we often start pushing readers to more and more text-heavy books, and we cast a suspicious eye on anything with pictures.
When Should I Start Reading to My Baby?
What exactly does it mean to set a child up for a life-long love of reading? When should you start, and what should you do? The good news is, being excited about reading is one of the best things you can do for your child. For everything else, we can help.
Learn English Online with Pronunciator!
Pronunciator is an online program to help you learn another language. So if your first language is Spanish, you can learn and practice English...in Spanish! Have your library card ready and get started!
Choosing the Right Reading Level
Have you ever asked yourself, “How do I know if I can read this book?” To find books that are easier for us to read, we must know most of the words in the book. How do you know this?
Youth Who Are Incarcerated Deserve the Right To Write and Read
Many people define literacy as an individual skill. Write to Read, an award-winning literacy program of Alameda County Library, broadens this definition by locating literacy as a social practice in our community and necessary to make society itself more just and equitable.
Main Idea with Pictures: A reading comprehension strategy
Are you having a tough time determining whether your learner’s struggle with understanding what they read is a result of a decoding issue, or a comprehension issue? As a literacy specialist, one low-pressure and often fun strategy I’ve employed is using pictures to check for comprehension.
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