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“Language proficiency, no matter how it is measured, is related to mathematics achievement.”  -Walter Secada, Northwestern University. You may recall from your school days that classmates of yours who were at the top of the class in math were [...]

What’s our Poet Laureate reading? We guessed poetry. And we’re right. Calgary’s Poet Laureate, Micheline Maylor, shares her favourite poetry (and other) reads as part of her Calgary Reads’ My sHelfie. “Reading for me was like a [...]

“I think a library is so powerful. It builds community. It helps people have more success through all that occurs through reading; whether that’s people searching for jobs, building their knowledge in higher education, or children reading and [...]

Literacy backpacks contain books and related activities for children and their caregivers to read and do together. They are often prepared by teachers and loaned out to families to bring literacy into the home and build home/school, parent/teacher [...]

“The act of reading is, in some ways, the most invisible of arts. We can’t see others’ minds at work; their engagement with words can be mysterious to the outside eye. But when we read aloud to one another, we bring the joy and connection of [...]

How are you celebrating Family Literacy Day? January 27th is Family Literacy Day across Canada. It’s a national awareness initiative created by ABC Life Literacy Canada in 1999 and held annually to raise awareness of the importance of reading and [...]

Around the time that you receive this post, you may be aware of something happening today in Washington, D.C. It is inauguration day and by midmorning in Alberta, the transfer of power will pass from Barack Obama to Donald Trump, the 45th President [...]

Another January and a new year which means new books to read and a few reading resolutions. I stock up each May at the annual CBC Calgary Reads Big Book Sale but as a new year begins the pile beside my bed, waiting to be read, no longer topples [...]