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National Family Literacy Month Day #1: Libraries

Tomorrow is the beginning of National Family Literacy Month!!

Raising A Reader MA would like to challenge you to read at least one book a day with your child this upcoming month. Come visit our blog every day in November for suggested books and activities to share with your child.

To participate in our Family Literacy Month Challenge, post a photo of your family reading or completing an activity related to reading and tag Raising A Reader MA using #readtome30!!!

For every day that you share photos, your family will be entered into a raffle for your chance to win a basket full of books! Post your photos on Facebook, Twitter and/or Instagram to be entered in the raffle (one chance for each social media platform you post on)! That is a maximum of 90 chances (3 per day for 30 days) to win!

  1. Post a picture of your family reading or doing an activity related to reading.
  2. Tag Raising A Reader MA using #readtome30
  3. Get entered into our raffle with every post!

To kick off the challenge, we are starting with libraries as our theme of the day for November 1st! Bring your family to your public library tomorrow and learn about the gazillion books that they have access to! Bonus: If you live close to Chelsea, MA, there is an event tomorrow! Every child who visits the Chelsea Public Library during the Literacy Day Event will take home a bag full of books for FREE!

On this page are some books that we think are great for this theme! (These are merely suggestions. ANY book you read with your child is fine for this challenge!)

Go check out a book or a few at your local library or buy one on Amazon Smile! If you select Raising A Reader MA as your favorite charity, Amazon will donate 0.5% of your purchase price to us.

Click on any picture of a book on this page to see it on Amazon Smile.

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Activities:

While simply making a trip to the library as a family is wonderfully beneficial, here are some activities that you can do for fun to supplement your child’s learning!

  1. Make a library scavenger hunt! Make a list together of things you will be likely to find at the library and then go find them!
  2. Give a thank you card or picture to the librarians! The friendly people who keep our libraries organized deserve a big thank you for that!
  3. Make a bookworm bookmark like these!