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Publication Date
2022
Language
English
Description
There's no baby Einsteins in cribs anymore, our babies can't read, and no one is still hooked on phonics - so what's left? This may be difficult to read, but we haven't been selling reading skills very well... Our society has put a premium on one single aspect of the reading process - letters & sounds (or phonics). This has given the impression that 5, 4 or even 3-year-olds can become proficient readers but there is a myriad of psychological
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Publisher
Viking
Publication Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In this riveting investigation, Stanislas Dehaene provides an accessible account of the brain circuitry of reading and explores what he calls the "reading paradox": Our cortex is the product of millions of years of evolution in a world without writing, so how did it adapt to recognize words?
Author
Publication Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Draws on the author's extensive research from "Proust and the Squid" to consider the future of the reading brain and its capacity for critical thinking, empathy, and reflection in today's highly digitized world.
A decade ago, Wolf's Proust and the Squid revealed what we know about how the brain learns to read and how reading changes the way we think and feel. Now, in a series of letters, Wolf describes her concerns-- and hopes-- about how digital...
Author
Publisher
Mind2Heal
Publication Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A book of poetry written during the Covid-19 pandemic by physician Barbara Loeb as part of her mindfulness journey and a way to turn her attention from outward difficulties and loss to inward reflection. Drawings by her late mother are included. Special thanks is given to the wondrous nature and sanctuary of Door County, Wisconsin, specifically North Kangaroo Lake. Kangaroo Lake is also referenced in several poems.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Publication Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
"A celebration of the power and wonder of lifelong reading-both secular and sacred Zibby Owens, My Most Anticipated Books 2025 In Children of the Book, Ilana Kurshan explores the closeness forged when family life unfolds against a backdrop of reading together. Kurshan, a mother of five living in Jerusalem, at first struggles to balance her passion for literature with her responsibilities as a parent. Gradually she learns how to relate to reading not...