Share a Story 2012: Writing @ Reading - Day 3

Wow, we're already at the half-way point! So did you travel 'round the globe with Carol yesterday? Part of our goal for creating a culture of reading is to encourage readers to stretch ... reading widely or reading diversely is more than just a way to expand your reading. It helps you engage in the world around you with more compassion and understanding ... and the world needs a little more of that!

Today Terry Doherty is hosting the topic "Recognizing Readers" at Family Bookshelf. There is a perennial stereotype of what a reader "looks like," and like all stereotypes, it particularly representative of who readers are. Terry and her guests hope to break down that stereotype, and today's writing prompts give you a chance to do the same.

With our focus today on reading as a passport to other worlds, we have selected prompts that help all of us "read widely."

• Is there a young reader (or reader to be) in your life? Write them a letter expressing what you hope for them as readers.
• Did you discover that you had a reader but didn't know it? Share your story.
• What do you think are the most exciting things / changes for today's readers? Will we read more or less? What will we read?

Entries

1. Letters to my "readers" by Maria @ Once Upon a Story

Our goal with the questions is to reach new places for sharing our reading and literacy experiences and ideas, and we'd love to include your voice, too. Here's how it works ...

1. Select the question(s) that resonates with you.
2. Find an old post or write a new one that answers the question. [Be sure to grab a Share a Story button from the sidebar to include in your new post!]
3. Add your post as a comment.
4. (optional) Tweet about your post and include @ShareaStory or the #SAS-12 hashtag.

We'll be adding links for the questions all week, so there's no rush to have an answer the same day a question is posted ... unless you are entering the contest to receive the RIF 2012 Multicultural Books Collection for your school or public library.

All entries must be posted by Noon Eastern Standard Time, Thursday, 8 March 2012 to be entered in our random drawing. Winners announced Friday, 9 March 2012.

[image credit: Share a Story Logo created by author/illustrator Elizabeth Dulemba.]