I Love to Read Month: February 2023
I Love to Read Month is a month-long celebration of all things reading. Not that anyone happening upon this web page needs an excuse to celebrate reading, but in February we amp it up a notch.
Stories Connect Us: We Are More Alike Than Different
I Love to Read Month Theme for 2023: “Stories Connect Us"
There are many links that can be made to this open-ended theme from Kindergarten to Grade 12. Diverse perspectives through “mirrors, windows and sliding glass doors” should be at the forefront of the stories we share with students. Story is powerful, but there are dangers in hearing only a single story (Chimamanda Ngozie Adich
ie). We should all be encouraged to share our own stories – all people, Indigenous peoples, settlers and immigrants alike. We should also be open to hearing others’ stories as a way of becoming a more peaceful, understanding world.
Links:
Using Texts as Mirrors: The Power of Readers Seeing Themselves
New Canadians Centre Living Library
The Danger of a Single Story
The Witness Blanket Stories
Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop explains “Windows, Mirrors, and Sliding Glass Doors”
CCBC Diversity Statistics
Maya Angelou - “Human Family”
Book Suggestions:
Follow on Instagram: Pernille Ripp (@pernilleripp), Lori Emilson (@mrseloves2read), Megan Tipler @tiplerteaches
Borders - Thomas King (Middle Years/Young Adult)
The Fort - Gordon Korman (Middle Years)
Tales from Big Spirt Books - David A. Robertson (graphic novels)
A Long Walk to Water - Linda Sue Park (Middle Years)
No Fixed Address - Susan Nielsen (Middle Years)
Refugee - Alan Gratz (Middle Years/Young Adult)
The Break - Katherena Vermette (adult)
A Girl Called Echo series - Katherena Vermette (graphic novel)
Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family’s Journey - Margriet Ruurs (picture book)
The Barren Ground series - David A. Robertson (Middle Years)
Miranda and the Legend of the Lake - Meagan Mahoney (Middle Years)
The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power (Adult)
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water -Nikole Hannah-Jones (picture book)
Starfish - Lisa Fipps (Middle Years)
The Gift of the Little People: William Dumas (picture/story book Early/Middle)
The Twelve: Cindy Lin (Middle Years)
The Marvellers: Dhonielle Clayton (Middle Years)
This Poison Heart: Kalynn Bayron (Middle Years)
March (series) - John Lewis (graphic novel)
Call Me Indian: From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL’s First Treaty Indigenous Player - Fred Sasakamoose (adult)
Furia - Yamile Saied Mendez (Young adult)
Stories Connect Us: We Are More Alike Than Different
I Love to Read Month Theme for 2023: “Stories Connect Us"
There are many links that can be made to this open-ended theme from Kindergarten to Grade 12. Diverse perspectives through “mirrors, windows and sliding glass doors” should be at the forefront of the stories we share with students. Story is powerful, but there are dangers in hearing only a single story (Chimamanda Ngozie Adich
ie). We should all be encouraged to share our own stories – all people, Indigenous peoples, settlers and immigrants alike. We should also be open to hearing others’ stories as a way of becoming a more peaceful, understanding world.
Links:
Using Texts as Mirrors: The Power of Readers Seeing Themselves
New Canadians Centre Living Library
The Danger of a Single Story
The Witness Blanket Stories
Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop explains “Windows, Mirrors, and Sliding Glass Doors”
CCBC Diversity Statistics
Maya Angelou - “Human Family”
Book Suggestions:
Follow on Instagram: Pernille Ripp (@pernilleripp), Lori Emilson (@mrseloves2read), Megan Tipler @tiplerteaches
Borders - Thomas King (Middle Years/Young Adult)
The Fort - Gordon Korman (Middle Years)
Tales from Big Spirt Books - David A. Robertson (graphic novels)
A Long Walk to Water - Linda Sue Park (Middle Years)
No Fixed Address - Susan Nielsen (Middle Years)
Refugee - Alan Gratz (Middle Years/Young Adult)
The Break - Katherena Vermette (adult)
A Girl Called Echo series - Katherena Vermette (graphic novel)
Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family’s Journey - Margriet Ruurs (picture book)
The Barren Ground series - David A. Robertson (Middle Years)
Miranda and the Legend of the Lake - Meagan Mahoney (Middle Years)
The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power (Adult)
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water -Nikole Hannah-Jones (picture book)
Starfish - Lisa Fipps (Middle Years)
The Gift of the Little People: William Dumas (picture/story book Early/Middle)
The Twelve: Cindy Lin (Middle Years)
The Marvellers: Dhonielle Clayton (Middle Years)
This Poison Heart: Kalynn Bayron (Middle Years)
March (series) - John Lewis (graphic novel)
Call Me Indian: From the Trauma of Residential School to Becoming the NHL’s First Treaty Indigenous Player - Fred Sasakamoose (adult)
Furia - Yamile Saied Mendez (Young adult)
Please click here to download a calendar of ideas for I Love to Read Month, courtesy of the Reading Council of Greater Winnipeg.