What is “REaDy to REaD”? – Video recorded read alouds of books read by and written by mostly African American authors
Purpose – To provide children and youth an opportunity to hear what good fluent reading sounds like. To expose parents, children, and listeners to African American role models, authors, and promote their books. To provide an entertaining experience.
Purpose – To provide children and youth an opportunity to hear what good fluent reading sounds like. To expose parents, children, and listeners to African American role models, authors, and promote their books. To provide an entertaining experience.
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Release Date |
Featured Book |
Book Summary |
Featured Reader |
June 2021 |
The Secret Olivia Told Me |
Can you keep a secret? Olivia has a BIG secret. It's a secret that she tells only to her very best friend. And her friend promises she won't say a word. But the secret is really BIG and JUICY! What happens when a trusted friend slips and the secret gets out? Can you keep a secret? In The Secret Olivia Told Me, find out what happens when Olivia's friend can't. |
Bertha Jones (FW Alumnae DST - Retired Educator) |
June 2021 |
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain |
An engaging rhyme about a boy, Ki-pat who brought rain to the drought-stricken Kapiti Plain. |
Sheran Goodspeed-Keyton (Actress, Producer, & Founder of DVA Productions ~ non-profit) |
June 2021 |
Long Shot |
Everybody told Chris that he was too small to play basketball. But he ignored them all...because he had big dreams. |
Shawn Buchanan (Principal - Leadership Academy at Como Elementary, member Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.) |
July 2021 |
Red Dancing Shoes |
A little girl receives a pair of red dancing shoes and her feet feel magical as she dances all her favorite dances. But when she falls in the mud, her feet don't feel the same. Is there any way to get the magic back into those dirty, red shoes? |
Bertha Jones (FW Alumnae DST - Retired Educator) |
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