Tom Wayne, owner of Prospero's Books in Kansas City, was fed up with the unsold books in his warehouses. So Sunday, he burned them. That's right, to draw attention to our disregard for the printed word, Wayne lit a pile of books on fire. (You can read the local coverage here.The fire department arrived shortly … Continue reading Burn, Baby, Burn

Where do young readers come from? North Minneapolis' Plymouth Christian Youth Center knows that getting kids in the habit of reading pays off for the rest of their lives, so they run the Rocking Readers program. Volunteers meet once a week with kindergarters in one-to-one reading sessions in local public schools. Last year, they found … Continue reading Rocking Readers