Why are video games, TV and computers more appealing to our children than reading? Because we make it that way; by focusing solely on skills and learning, we have taken all the fun out of reading.
Bestselling children’s book author Emma Walton Hamilton wants to bring the joy back to reading.
Her thoughts on where the joy went may shock your audience when she reveals:
• How the No Child Left Behind Act has eliminated meaningful and creative learning in schools.
• That Americans are losing not just the will to read, but even the ability… more than 20 percent of adults read at or below a fifth-grade level—less than the minimum needed to earn a living wage!
• Why parents must not stop reading to their children even when they have learned to read by themselves.
• How to build — or restore — the essential connection between reading and pleasure.
• Why reading as a preferred activity is so critical to our children’s success — and to our society’s future.
CREDENTIALS: Emma Walton Hamilton has co-authored 16 books including the New York Times #1 Bestseller THANKS TO YOU — WISDOM FROM MOTHER AND CHILD. A frequent guest on the Today show and Rachael Ray, she is also an arts education administrator who has spent more than 15 years developing writing curriculums and teachers’ guides. Her latest book, RAISING BOOKWORMS: Getting Kids Reading for Pleasure and Empowerment, was influenced by her work with children and by her own role as a parent.
AVAILABILITY: New York, nationwide by arrangement and via telephone
CONTACT: Emma Walton Hamilton, 888-631-3393.
(NY); mail@emmawaltonhamilton.com; www.emmawaltonhamilton.com;
www.raisingbookworms.com
