Essay On Room To Read

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” These are words spoken by Nelson Mandela that I strongly agree with.

During an International Board on Books for Young People conference in New Delhi, India, Spyros Kyprianou stated, "Books for young people are the main cultural nourishment

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” Mandela, N (n.d.)

I have always loved reading due to the exciting stories and the interesting characters that provide a good backbone. All my early books I remember as feel good tales to make the young reader fall in love with the characters while usually having a central theme to teach. Some of the charm of these books was how it got the reader engaged and taught along the way. Just like children shows such as Sesame Street the books where entertaining and also educational so it gave children a early start for school; I would be excited whenever the teacher would teach something and you would already know the new word or

My love of reading blossomed when I was a child, because my parents showed me how wonderful reading is. There were countless nights when I remember myself as a little girl refusing to go to sleep before ‘tucking dad into bed’ by reading him a picture book. Not only did I uphold that tradition though, but my mother is a preschool teacher, so she gets really into reading out loud, and she would help me read books such as The Boxcar Children set, The Secret of NIMH and The Chronicles of Narnia weekly until I didn’t need help anymore.

Books are resources which allow readers to gain important information about history and in order to avoid the mistakes made in the past, which could lead to a brighter future.

In elementary school, I loved to read. Writing was not a big deal either due to the fact that we did not have to write four page essays. It was in first grade when I started to like reading. Reading has just been freshly introduced, considering we had only completed one year of school. My teacher always read to us and I wanted to read those books as well. Throughout elementary school I started to read Junie B. Jones books, which were my favorite. All of the books were about a first grade girl and her different adventures. I had always enjoyed reading those books. Each book had a different topic which I would always relate to in some way. Although I liked to read, I did struggle with reading comprehension which made me dislike writing as well. I hated having to read and then go and write about it. To this day, I still do not like reading comprehension, but my feelings toward reading and writing have changed.

One of my all time passions is reading. I credit my love of reading to my dad, who has spent a great portion of his life reading as well. Some of my earliest memories are of my dad reading Harry Potter to me and my siblings, though I was the only child listening. My love of reading has only grown since then. Through reading I have learned about countless worlds and thousands of stories. I have discovered myself in between the pages of many different books, and I have learned more about people and the world arund me. Of all the ways to spend time, reading may be my absolute

lives below the poverty line, and those numbers are likely to increase as the world economy continues to work through a painful de-leveraging of accrued debt… They [printed books] are inherently amenable to the frictionless dissemination of information. Durable and cheap to produce, to the point of disposability, their abundance, which we currently take for granted, has been a constant and invisible force for the creation of an informed citizenry.” If society continues to press eBooks and educational television rather than printed books, less fortunate children will have no source of information such as children books.

Gale is an extraordinary teacher leader. She supports the principal by readily volunteering to take on leadership roles. Currently, she is on the School Leadership Team and diligently spends hours writing and gathering data for our School Improvement Plan. Together with the administration, Gale helped to implement our school’s first Leveled Reader Book Room. She spent endless hours questioning teachers to find out what variety of fiction and nonfiction books would interest their children. Gale wanted to make certain that the children had books that would encourage them to become lifetime readers. Thousands of books were purchased,

I think that ‘andrew motion’ that books are like a capsule books hold the answers to life the answer to math problems, chemistry problems some people base their whole teachings on books. Books are going to help people in the future that have problems like where things are or it will help them know what to do in politics.

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world,” said Nelson Mandela.

The Ramapo Readers Project is one of the many different projects that was founded with the idea to promote literacy from the earliest stage of life to the last stage. It is crucial that children today are reading on a regular basis as this will improve their well-being for the future. The Ramapo reader’s project will benefit individuals in the Paterson area who are less fortunate and are unable to obtain certain privileges such as owning reading books. The Ramapo Readers have put a light on less privilege peoples life, therefore, allowing them to be able to have unlimited access to books for the entire family.

Reading has been one of my favorite hobbies since I was a little child. I grew up as a normal child should grow and eventually I had to start learning for me to fit in society. My literacy started many years ago, after I knew how to talk and communicate with people. Reading my alphabet was quite stressful and I had to be given a hand by my family members. I remember my parents reading with me and it was the most meaningful and memorable way to spend time with me. This is because I liked reading a lot and I was eager to learn so that I could fit in with my older siblings. My favorite books were storybooks taking about adventures and fairytales

At this point in my life, reading would definitely not make a list of my favorite things to do, but this wasn’t always the case. Some of my youngest memories involve reading, and many of these memories are enjoyable. Every night before bed my mom would read to me, and I remember begging to read just one more before she tucked me in almost every night. This is when my love for reading sparked. Throughout grade school, I continued to read frequently and never found it to be a chore; however, once middle school hit I no longer included reading as a past time or found it pleasurable. Looking back now I realize this was when English class included more forced literature, and school consisted of reading extensive pages in textbooks. Reading