The book charity provides close to 10,000 copies of ‘Planet Earth II’ to the Nkhotakotar reserve’s ‘Reading Around the Reserve’ program.
Calibre Audio and RealSAM: A Smart Speaker for Sight-Impaired Readers
Using all voice commands, the RealSAM system for sight-impaired users becomes a new home of the UK charity Calibre Audio’s audiobooks.
World Read Aloud Day 2021: ‘The Power of Sharing Stories’
Reading aloud is ‘a way of making reading visible,’ says Scholastic’s Pam Allyn, founder of the LitWorld nonprofit.
Book Aid International’s Year: 867,567 Books to 19 Countries
Solar lamps as well as hundreds of thousands of books were in play in 2020 for Book Aid International’s logistics team and donor-publishers.
Calibre Audiobook Charity Joins the UK’s Big Give Holiday Challenge
The Calibre Audio charity for readers who have print disabilities is hoping to add 48 new audiobooks to its library this holiday season.
UK-based Book Aid International Donated 1.2 Million Books in 2019
The charity last year was at work in 23 refugee camps, 38 prison libraries, 1,567 schools, 635 public libraries, and more.
Coronavirus Impact: Scholastic Adjusts Its Summer Reading Program
As much as 30 percent of typical annual reading gains may not be carried into schoolwork in the autumn, says an NWEA report, as the COVID-19 pandemic affects US education.
Today’s World Read Aloud Day: ‘Competing for Attention’
On World Read Aloud Day, literary charity LitWorld works with Scholastic and other global organizations to encourage individuals and communities improve literacy.
In the UK, the ‘Library of the Future’ Looks a Lot Like Lego
In a ‘Library Week’ competition from the UK’s CILIP, library supporters build their visions of the future in Lego and head for a festival this weekend.
Shot in Kenya, UK Book Aid Sendak Short Is Up for Two UK EVCOM Awards
The short film ”Reading Where the Wild Things Are in The Great Rift Valley’ was released last October and has been singled out by London’s EVCOM awards.
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