May is Get Caught Reading Month May 9, 2008
Posted by Donna in Fiction, Non-Fiction.trackback
May is Get Caught Reading Month. Sponsored by the Association of American Publishers (AAP), Get Caught Reading is a nationwide program promoting the joy in reading for all ages. Get Caught Reading was first started in 1999 by former Congresswoman Pat Schroeder, now President and Chief Executive Officer of AAP.
Did you know that 44 million adults in the United States can’t read well enough to read a story to a child? (National Adult Literacy Survey (1992) NCED, U.S. Department of Education)
Did you know that more than 20% of adults read at or below a fifth-grade level? This is far below the level needed to earn a living wage. (National Institute for Literacy, Fast Facts on Literacy, 2001)
Reading is important! Even Santa gets “caught reading” every once and awhile. Do you?
~Donna~
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