1. Lydia Willoughby, Words into Deeds | Library Journal Movers & Shakers Willoughby’s real specialty, however, is bringing people together. While still a student in 2010, she began working with Literacy for Incarcerated Teens (LIT) and organized the sold-out, 500-ticket Biblioball: Spellbound fundraiser with the Desk Set, a New York City–based librarian group, which raised $10,000 for LIT.

    Lydia Willoughby, Words into Deeds | Library Journal Movers & Shakers

    Willoughby’s real specialty, however, is bringing people together. While still a student in 2010, she began working with Literacy for Incarcerated Teens (LIT) and organized the sold-out, 500-ticket Biblioball: Spellbound fundraiser with the Desk Set, a New York City–based librarian group, which raised $10,000 for LIT.

  2. Q. You’ve said previously that Reading Rainbow was the hardest, most rewarding thing you’ve done in show business. Is that still true for you? A. I had to learn a new business. I had to learn the technology business. This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life. When you think about reinventing a well-known and beloved brand, the thing that kept us up nights was the fear of failing to meet expectations. This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done…and the most rewarding. I love that I am able to focus at this point in my life on the mission, the continuing mission, of getting kids excited about literature and reading. Flying Twice as High: Reading Rainbow 2.0 | SLJ Talks to LeVar Burton - The Digital Shift

    Q. You’ve said previously that Reading Rainbow was the hardest, most rewarding thing you’ve done in show business. Is that still true for you?

    A. I had to learn a new business. I had to learn the technology business. This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life. When you think about reinventing a well-known and beloved brand, the thing that kept us up nights was the fear of failing to meet expectations. This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done…and the most rewarding. I love that I am able to focus at this point in my life on the mission, the continuing mission, of getting kids excited about literature and reading.

    Flying Twice as High: Reading Rainbow 2.0 | SLJ Talks to LeVar Burton - The Digital Shift

  3. Full-time School Librarians Linked to Higher Student Reading Scores →

  4. From the Wall Street Journal, Read Me an Ebook Story?:

    As far as the storytelling experience goes, e-books fall far short in one area: the page turn—which is crucial to the pacing of a children’s story. On the Nook and Kindle Fire, the pages slide quickly across the screen. On iBooks, there’s a virtual turning of the page, but you can’t slow it down. The story ends up moving too fast; something gets lost.

  5. “What about the possibility of one day making a poem?” - Nikky Finney’s acceptance speech, at last night’s National Book Awards, upon winning for her book of poems Head Off & Split. Skip ahead to 17:30. Watch it. It will give you goosebumps.