Children's Reading Foundation of Upper Cumberland

04/06/2022

April 5th is National Librarian Day! 👓📖 We want to thank all the librarians whose kindness helps children, adults, and families Read Together 20 Minutes Every Day™. ✨

02/08/2022

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02/04/2022

02/04/2022

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03/19/2021

What a great gift...time reading together 🥰

03/02/2021

So, how are you celebrating READ ACROSS AMERICA today? There’s so many PLACES YOU CAN GO!!!🎈🎉 📚 Get a child in your lap or find a good book being read online! Not one thing or two can stop you from being YOU!!

12/25/2020

Merry Christmas!

12/10/2020

Reading together is the BEST time together!

11/20/2020

Read a good book and ask lots of questions.❤️

This morning I woke up thinking about a fifth-grade boy who came through a signing line at a bookstore in North Carolina.
I signed his copy of Despereaux and he said, “My teacher said fifth grade is the year of asking questions.”
“Really?” I said.
“Yeah,” he said. He took out a notebook. “Every day we’re supposed to ask someone different a good question and listen really good and then write down the answer when they’re done talking.”
“Oh,” I said, “I get it. I’m someone different. Okay, what’s your question?”
“My question is how do you get all that hope into your stories?”
“That’s not a good question,” I said. “That’s a great question. Let me think. Um. I guess that writing the story is an act of hope, and so even when I don’t feel hopeful, writing the story can lead me to hope. Does that make sense?”
“Yeah,” he said. He looked me in the eye. “It’s kind of a long answer. But I can write it all out. Thanks.”
He picked up his copy of Despereaux, and walked away—writing in his notebook.
This was years ago.
Why did I wake up this morning and think of this child?
Maybe because this is a time to start asking good questions, a time to write down the answers, a time to listen to each other really well.
I’m going to get myself a little spiral bound notebook.
I’m going to listen and hope.

11/17/2020

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07/31/2020

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