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Category: How to encourage reading

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How Kaya Thomas Used Technology to Solve a Bookish Problem

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Julia Tomiak / 3 Comments

Learn how one young woman used her brains and coding to solve a problem for readers.

Awesome Young Adult Books/How to encourage reading

Teen Read Week 2015

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Julia Tomiak / 7 Comments

It's Teen Read Week - find great books and activities to encourage teens to read.

How to encourage reading/News from book business/Words and Technology

Is Amazon Prime Worth It: 2015 Edition

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Julia Tomiak / 9 Comments

Should I renew my subscription to Amazon Prime? The Word Nerd does a cost analysis. (Not very wordy or nerdy, but I've gotta know where my money goes...)

How to encourage reading

Five Things You Should Know About Banned Books

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Julia Tomiak / 23 Comments

It's Banned Books Week! Do you believe in free access to information and ideas? Then you'd better learn more about book banning. I'm giving away a Barnes and...

How to encourage reading/Improving vocabulary

Vocab for Banned Books Week: Censor

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Julia Tomiak / 8 Comments

  Guess what? It’s Banned Books Week, an event sponsored by the American Library Association to highlight the importance of free and open access to i...

How to encourage reading

Do More of What You Love

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Julia Tomiak / 4 Comments

What do you love? Do you truly make enough time to do it? Some encouragement from the Word Nerd.

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