A school librarian in Washington understands that her work is not done at the end of the school year. In “School Librarian Fights Summer Slide with School Bus-Turned-Bookmobile,” we learn about Jenny Granger’s “Book Cafe,” a bookmobile that swings by neighborhoods where students would otherwise not go to the public library.
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“The dreaded summer slide—when kids lose valuable reading skills over the three months they’re away from school—is feared by librarians and teachers alike.”
Source: http://j.mp/1oBvyEX (via Pocket). You can also find this article at Iserotope Extras, a curated list of my favorite articles about teaching, reading, and technology.