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Sharing the Gift of Reading This Holiday Season
‘Tis the season—for reading! Here are some ideas for sharing the gift of reading during the holiday season. Ask, “What are you reading?’: At gatherings this holiday season, ask what books your family and friends are reading. This may start some interesting...
Labeling Events Mix Work and Camaraderie
The success of the All District Reads model revolves around community involvement and volunteerism. A prime example involves the labeling events that take place prior to program launches. At these events, volunteers place hundreds—or even thousands—of labels in copies...
Research Supports the Value of Reading Aloud and Reading for Pleasure
All District Reads is built upon the belief that encouraging families to read aloud together can enhance family engagement with schools, support children’s language and comprehension skills, and help children develop a love of reading. Specifically, ADR’s programs are...
Volunteering for ADR: A Win-Win Experience
All District Reads is built upon the belief that encouraging families to read aloud together can enhance family engagement with schools, support children’s language and comprehension skills, and help children develop a love of reading. Specifically, ADR’s programs are...
All District Reads Update
This new blog from All District Reads will provide regular program updates and features about our work. This article spotlights a wrap-up of our spring programs, a look ahead to fall, and recent media coverage of All District Reads. Spring Wrap-Up and Fall Preview“I...
ADR 2024 Spring Wrap-up
July 26, 2024 Nothing tops the magic of sharing a family reading experience together! Approximately 25,000 families in four school districts across southeastern Virginia experienced this magic this spring through the All District Reads program. The following quote...
ADR Distributes 100,000th Book!
August 1, 2024 All District Reads distributed its 100,000th book this spring. “It’s exciting to reach this milestone in just two years—giving 100,000 books to start literacy fires in homes,” said All District Reads Founder Gary Anderson. “Once you start that...
All District Reads in the News
July 31, 2024 Word continues to spread about All District Reads. All District Reads was featured in the spring edition of Boulevard Magazine.Read the full article here: https://issuu.com/blvdberry/docs/blvd_feb-apr_2024/20 (pages 20-25). ...
All Suffolk Reads Culmination
November 18, 2022 Suffolk Public Schools is celebrating the completion of their first All Suffolk Reads book, Cleo Edison Oliver, CEO Playground Millionaire, by Sundee T. Frazier. Students at each school had the chance to...
All VB Reads Begins Spring 2023
Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) is preparing for their first ADR Read Aloud Program - All VB Reads - that will launch in the Spring of 2023. In August, ADR staff and VBCPS leaders met to form a committee to oversee the program. Cari Hall, VBCPS...