The Reading Hour
August 19th, 2012
Do I read a lot? Ha, that’s like asking me if I breathe a lot. Yes, yes, yes! Try dragging me away from a book to do something unnecessary, like eating or sleeping, and you’ll see what I mean.
If you’re visiting my website, I suspect that you probably read quite a bit too. But not everyone does – which is why August 25th, from 6pm to 7pm, is the Reading Hour! This is part of Australia’s National Year of Reading, and is a call to action to encourage families to read to their children for just 10 minutes a day or one hour a week. And it’s not just about families – it’s an encouragement to everyone to read, and to keep including reading in their lives. Here’s the link.
Maybe you’ve got a little sister or brother who’d like to be read to? Or maybe you could read to your parents for a change – parents hardly ever get read to, poor things. Or how about your grandparents? Or the dog? Or the cat? Go and read to SOMEONE – it’s a really nice thing to do.
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read to the dog???!!! HA! He’d just scratch me untill i scratch his belly.
Well you could always scratch his belly while you read. 🙂 Double the pleasure!
That sounds like what I could do:)
Double the fun!!!
😀 😀 And I’m sure the dog would love it too.
This is completely off the topic but…….these books NEED to become a movie!!!! That would be an awesome movie!!!! 🙂
I would love it to bits, Finlay. Do you have any ideas as to who might play any of the characters?
That sounds like a lot of fun! Maybe then I can get done with a book I have been working on all summer. 🙂
What’s the book, Hannah?
Hannah never told me she was writting a book. But the book must be really interesting.
I wasn’t quite sure from her comment whether she was writing it or reading it, Adrienna.
I was thinking of starting a reading hour at my school . . . the librarian is thrilled! I want to encourage any other kid here to start a reading hour at thier school.
What a good idea! I hope some other kids take you up on it.
Artemis Fowl the Last Guardian, Emerald Atlas, and Storm Riders.
Been a very slow summer with reading.
I haven’t read the Last Guardian, though I really liked the early Artemis Fowl books, so should probably chase it up.
It is good so far, but not very far into the books, and another book to add to the list is The Iron King. Started reading it today.
Ha, sounds as if your to-read pile is almost as big as mine!
i think that your books should be a movie!!! then it would be voted “The best movie ever!!!”
😀 😀 😀
Wow, oh and I almost forgot, I am listening to Harry Potter the Order of the Phoenix. And Adriena, that is a good idea.
Thanks Hannah;)
Hannah lots of books! by the way read more of the Iron King for once! I am the one who introduced her to that series and yet she is on the second or third chapter of the first book. I am on the last one 🙂
Oh and two more books to the pile. In His Steps (reading for school) and Changeling. In His Steps is boring but Changeling is good so far.