Lois Bridges
Autore di Open a World of Possible
Sull'Autore
Opere di Lois Bridges
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Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Bird, Lois Bridges
- Sesso
- female
- Istruzione
- University of Arizona (Ph.D)
- Attività lavorative
- Vice President/Publisher, Scholastic Professional
Literary Publisher, Heineman Publishers
Director of Professional Publishing, The Galef Institute
Elementary school teacher - Organizzazioni
- Member, Literacy Awards Board, US Library of Congress
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 8
- Utenti
- 163
- Popolarità
- #129,735
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 7
While many parents discourage comic books, more than a few of these authors say they served as portals for learning to read. My own son, aged four, would retrieve the morning paper from the driveway so he could read the funnies. He cut out “Calvin and Hobbes” comics and soon had a tall stack of them! Both our children entered kindergarten already reading because I read to them a great deal at home. These authors say that early reading is not a sign that a child is necessarily gifted, but is the result of being read aloud to a lot at home.
These authors recall particular book characters that influenced them. Reading gives us a voice. One writer says, “When Atticus Finch (in To Kill a Mockingbird) stands up for Tom Robinson, we learn what it means to have courage to stand up for unpopular beliefs in our community.” This gives us the courage to do what is right but sometimes unpopular. Books can link us to others who have similar or very different life experiences, which helps us make sense of, and find our place in, the world. For those raised in dysfunctional or spare environments, or who are in pain or suffering, books can be a solace, a comfort, safe spaces we can inhabit in our minds; where we are free to dream, imagine and plan our futures, hopeful for better times ahead.… (altro)