Hooked on Books: Transforming the Teaching of Reading

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To make the community aware of the need for books in homes, home reading programs, and life-long learning. Looking for new authors and titles is where the journey starts every year. Searching locally and internationally, we dramatise book-trailers from modern day children’s books and present a variety of wholesome new titles every year. Stories are left at a nail-biting cliff-hanger, and children rush to the library to find out how the story ends. Reading is crucial to children's development and potential for success in life. Research shows that children who read books often at age 10 and continue to read through adolescence, gain higher results in maths, vocabulary and spelling tests at age 16 than those who read less regularly. As always, you came up with some fantastic ideas about where children could head after enjoying the Beast Questseries - here are just some of the options you proposed on social media: Q: You make the case that food giants are hooking Americans on salt, sugar and fat, leading to food addictions. What are the bottom-line effects?

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Hooked on Books is a dynamic Children’s Educational Theatre company traveling to schools across South Africa. We specialise in creating a love of reading from an early age and have been creating readers since 1993. Our passion for theatre and storytelling enables us to bring books to life and get children Hooked on books! Demonstration Comprehension - clear, out loud thinking by the teacher whilst modelling answers to questions and showcasing 'thesaurus thinking' to ensure the most precise words are used Moss: Bacon cheeseburgers have terrific elements that get the brain excited. It has the fat, the sugar in the bun, the salt, the smell, the contrast; it’s six differing things. Most importantly, here’s why, I wrote Hooked, realizing that more than just fat, what the food industry does, it’s tapping into our basic instincts. The problem is the food companies have changed the nature of our food and have made overeating an everyday thing.The more calories the food has, the more excited the brain gets about eating it. This is a brief glance at some of the local activities that Hooked on Books engages in each year in the Erie Area.Q: You say that Americans are more cognizant of these processed foods, and that food giants like Nestle are producing “better” processed food. What has been the result of this movement? Improved standards from many worked examples provided throughout the year, ranging from oral comprehension answers to written formal well structured pieces The Hooked on Books shows are exciting as we add large dollops of humour, song and dance, colourful characters, drama and adventure. Clever audience participation gets kids jumping into books with us and igniting imaginations. Hooked on Books for Kids distributes books through schools, social service agencies, food banks, service organizations, and other non-profits that serve underprivileged children and/or youth in Erie County.

Hooked on Books – Transforming the Teaching of Reading

Reading is crucial to children’s development and potential for success in life. Research shows that children who read books often at age 10 and continue to read through adolescence, gain higher results in maths, vocabulary and spelling tests at age 16 than those who read less regularly. Books for Birthdays provides outlets where parents or other care-givers may choose up to three books per year for a child's birthday or other occasion. ZoeMarkhamhas been through this exact quandary with her son, saying: 'I'll always be grateful to Beast Quest for showing him the beauty of reading for pleasure - but yep, there comes a point!' So what's worked for him?Zoë suggests Tui T. Sutherland's Wings of Fire series ('equally addictive and SO much better written'). And she added: 'If you've got kids who are into Minecraft, Sean Wolfe's Elementia Chronicles are great - they had my then seven-year-old HOOKED.'

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You will keep all rights to your book – we don’t try to make money from authors’ books except insofar as our costs have to be covered. At Hooked on Books we will be happy to publish your book in return for the appropriate fees, once the content has been brought to a publishable standard. Most manuscripts do need editing, and we’ll advise on what work yours needs and provide an estimate (no obligation). We will share this process with you.

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Children will have a clear view of how to articulate and demonstrate their understanding. Pupils will have the critical language to express themselves and use appropriate book based language Publicity is through our newsletter, brochures, presentations, flyers and radio and television appearances. The Reading Rainbow - a fully comprehensive approach that targets reading competencies, covers the National Curriculum and develops understanding And then you have the Sea Quest series to devour, starring Max, Lia and the Robobeasts, plus Team Hero. In fact, Beast Quest goes beyond books - it's a whole world including collectible cards, and many primary school playgrounds ring to the sound of, 'Let's play Beast Quest!' Whisper it, but Beast Quest is now also a console game. Hooked on Books for Kids is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization devoted to literacy, the love of reading, and life-long learning among the underprivileged children and youth of Erie County, Pennsylvania. It accomplishes these missions by giving brand-new, high quality books to needy children and youth from birth to age 18 and by providing adult volunteer readers and new books for every child each month in grades K through 5 at Edison and Lincoln Schools.

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Book distribution is primarily out of our storage area at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 2216 Peach St., Erie, PA. to non-profit groups. See Books for Birthdays for more information. Being part of a series, which is a framework that's quite controlled. Yes, it's predictable for an adult reader, but that's comforting in a beastly kind of way to a young reader - and far more interesting than most Reading Scheme books.