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- The Reading Maniacs - Group of 8 mothers and daughters who meet each month to discuss a book. They try to promote discussion about different geographic areas, themes, historical eras and topics that impact their fellow students. They have been meeting since 2nd grade.
- Adbooks - E-mail based group created to discuss young adult literature.
- The Book Nut's Reading Club - A Club where kids can talk about the books they like to read.
- Booksbox - A literature site for 15-19 year olds who are doing GCSE, AS/A2 level English Literature. Chances to read and write reviews, take part in discussions, and submit essays or creative writing.
- Springside Mother Daughter Book Club - A mother-daughter book club formed in Springside, Pennsylvania. They are fourth grade mothers who meet at the school with their daughters to discuss books.
Wikipedia Articles
- Reading globe groups - Reading globe groups are voluntary groups which were set up in the mid 1990s by Reading Borough Council, following the undertaking of the Agenda 21 agreement by central government. GLOBE stands for Go Local On a Better Environment.
- Reading to Kids - Reading to Kids is a charitable organization that sponsors monthly reading clubs at inner-city elementary schools with low literacy rates in Los Angeles, CA. The organization provides books and volunteers who read to the children; after each reading club the books are donated to the schools' libraries, and the children receive a reading-related prize for attending.
- Reading Rainbow - Reading Rainbow is an acclaimed American children's television series aired by PBS since 1983 that encourages reading among children. Each episode centers on a theme from a book or other children's literature which is explored through a number of segments or stories.
- Diane McGuinness - Diane McGuiness is a cognitive psychologist who has written extensively on education, learning disabilities, and early reading instruction. Her books include When Children Don't Learn (1987), Why Our Children Can't Read and What We Can Do About It: A Scientific Revolution in Reading (1999), Growing a Reader From Birth (2004), and Early Reading Instruction: What Science Really Tells Us about How to Teach Reading (2006).
- YES Reading - YES Reading is a children's literacy nonprofit that operates Reading Centers at struggling elementary schools in underserved communities throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. At the Centers, students reading below grade level receive free one-on-one tutoring from volunteers recruited, trained, and overseen by YES Reading staff.