Readers unite: today, parents, teachers and children are being encouraged to take part in Jumpstart’s Read for the Record, which is a nationwide campaign that aims to set a new world record for the largest shared reading experience on a single day.
This morning, The Today Show interviewed spokesperson, Amanda Peete, about her involvement with Read for the Record. According to Jumpstart, Read for the Record encourages record-breakers to spread the word that reading with a child before he or she enters kindergarten can improve his or her chances of graduating from high school by as much as 30%. Today, more than 2.5 million children are expected to take part by reading The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. In the process, Jumpstart and the Pearson Foundation aim to draw attention to the growing crisis for disadvantaged young children whose literacy experience is limited and to Jumpstart’s role in addressing this issue.
This past weekend, Jumpstart was at the Ultimate Block Party promoting this huge reading event by giving out copies of the classic, The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. We were one of the hundreds of attendees received a copy of the book in exchange for pledging to participate in Read for the Record.
Want to take part in this awesome reading event? A digital version of The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats is available online at www.wegivebooks.org and make sure you’re counted.
And how cool is this? Created by Penguin and the Pearson Foundation, each time someone reads The Snowy Day online, the Pearson Foundation and We Give Books, will donate a new children’s book to a pre-school classrooms that Jumpstart serves.
Join NKT to help spread the love of literacy and read The Snow Day by Ezra Jack as part of Jumpstart’s Read for the Record Day.
