Audiobook narrator—and mom— Allyson Ryan joins us on the BOT blog to tell us about her latest project, and why it was such a gift! Read more
by Sarah Hashimoto
As a public librarian, I often hear parents and even teachers telling kids that the only reading that “counts” is traditional reading—reading with your eyes and sounding out the words independently. Read more
Debut author Astrid Scholte’s novel Four Dead Queens is a thrilling young adult fantasy everyone’s buzzing about. Read more
During my eight years as a special education teacher, I frequently worked with high school students who struggled to be independent readers, due to disabilities and weak decoding and fluency skills. For them, reading meant devoting their energy to decoding the text, leaving no room for expressive reading. Read more
