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| OH NO... MORE CELEBRITY BOOKS
| "It's a cheap and tawdry (or rather, I suppose, expensive and flashy) way of saying that fame matters more than writing talent."- THE GUARDIAN
| CHILDREN DESERVE BETTER THAN CELEBRITY BOOKS
| "Surely children's books - which help form our outlook on life, which we carry into adulthood and old age - deserve better?"- GUARDIAN
| FACTS ABOUT CHILDREN'S LITERACY
| "Twenty-six percent of children who were read to three or four times in the last week by a family member recognized all letters of the alphabet." - NEA, USA
| HELPING YEAR ONE READERS CATCH UP
| "Research shows children who fall behind in reading are unlikely to catch up. We want to arm our teachers with the latest proven strategies..." - MURDOCH Children's Research Instiitute
| SHOULD CELEBRITIES STOP WRITING CHILDREN'S BOOKS?
| "Stop it, celebrities. Go away, celebrities."
- THE GUARDIAN
| BABIES, BEGINNINGS & BOOKS
| "Reading aloud to children is the single most important activity for building the skills and knowledge necessary for children to successfully learn to read when they begin school." - BETTER BEGINNINGS
| BOOKS DELIVER A HEAD START
| "cognitive skills...are the direct result of how frequently they have been read to prior to starting school." - DEPT. OF EDUCATION, VICTORIA
KIDS DON'T READ BOOKS BECAUSE
PARENTS DON'T READ BOOKS
| "...electronic devices are pulling children away from books." - FORBES
| WHY PARENTS SHOULD READ ALOUD
| "Reading aloud stimulates language development even before a child can talk."
- REACH OUT AND READ
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