Hello! Katje here. 🙂 Today I want to talk about Banned Books Week. It runs from September 21st to 27th and is sponsored by a lot of organizations including the American Library Association. Hundreds of books have been challenged or banned in schools and libraries across the world, and very… Read more“Banned Books Week 2014: Part of Literacy is Critical Thinking”
Category: Reading Events
Guest Post: Reading Readiness in the Fifties

Hello everyone! Eva here. When Katje sent me her story of how she came to be a reader, I responded with this. She asked if I wanted it to be my inaugural guest post here on Barefoot in Langley, and of course I said yes! Isn’t it funny, what we… Read more“Guest Post: Reading Readiness in the Fifties”
Raise-a-Reader Day 2014: “How I Learned to Read”

Hello everyone! Today is Raise-a-Reader day here in Canada, and I thought I would share with you all the story of how I learned to read. (Plus, later on today we have a guest post from my mom on the subject!) A long long time ago, right here in this… Read more“Raise-a-Reader Day 2014: “How I Learned to Read””