Kevin Syers

Reading With Your Baby or Toddler

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Although it may not seem like it, your baby or toddler is gaining valuable information and experiences from the time you spend reading with them. Check out the tips below for some ideas on reading to your young child.

Read Across Ridgewood Event

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The ILKIS team was thrilled to be asked to attend the “Read Across Ridgewood” event last week to help enroll children in Imagination Library. The event was part of the local elementary school’s celebration of Read Across America week. Although the elementary students already aged out of Imagination Library, the goal was to share information … Read more

How to Use Magic to Grow Lifelong Learners

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Many children are able to read, but they are not choosing to read books. Books are an important source of learning and irreplaceable tool in language and literacy development.  Most adults can read, but many admit to not reading a book in the past year. Kids who do not read are likely to become adults … Read more

Dolly Parton’s literacy program donates its 100 millionth book

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Dolly Parton visited Washington, D.C. on Tuesday to celebrate a huge milestone for her literacy program, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. The singer dedicated Imagination Library’s 100 millionth book to the Library of Congress. She read her story “Coat of Many Colors” to a group of young children, breaking into song at the end. This dedication … Read more