Two Authors Visit PS 62 in South Richmond Hill, New York via Skype!

Two very special author guests share stories (from books and their own lives) with first grade students of PS 62 in South Richmond Hill, New York. This beautiful video captures their celebration!

WORLD READ ALOUD DAY 2012 from PS 62 on Vimeo.

The Goldilocks Story by Tobermory High School in the Scottish Isles

We love this rendition of Goldilocks and the Three Bears as read by Tobermory High School in the Isle of Mull, the fourth largest Scottish island. Watch, listen, and enjoy!

Our Partners at Project Pearls Celebrate WRAD in Ulingan City, Philippines!

One of our new partnerships in the Philippines is with Project Pearls, an organization that provides support to a community of informal settlers in Ulingan City Philippines. This year, they've joined us in celebrating WRAD, and we are so happy to see images of their youth so captivated in story. Check out the photos below to view their World Read Aloud Day celebration with special guest storyteller, Lyn Danao.

You can view more of Project Pearls' story through the eyes of our LitCorps Ambassador here, or visit the Project Pearls website at: www.projectpearls.org

Our Friends in Iligan City, Philippines Celebrate World Read Aloud Day!

These wonderfully colorful pictures bring such joy to us. We thank our friends from Sagip Iligan, the Special Operations of MSU-IIT High School Batch of 2000 in Iligan City, Philippines for celebrating World Read Aloud Day with us! 

What made this edition really special was the kids' enthusiasm to stay and participate even if their classes were already finished for the day, as narrated by our Sagip Iligan friends. This is made even more significant by the fact that most of them, about 80% of the school's population, were greatly affected by Typhoon Sendong (International Name: Washi) in December 2011. We honor the resilience and spirit hope in the Iligan City community. 

Thank you Sagip Iligan!   

  

FreeBalance Celebrates World Read Aloud Day 2012

What a wonderful event. The employees at FreeBalance would like to thank the people at LitWorld who made World Read Aloud Day 2012 possible. The feedback from the employees was very positive. And the feedback from the children was especially enthusiastic. This event is such a special way to get involved in the local community in a meaningful way. And it was great that FreeBalance could demonstrate its commitment to literacy in such a fun and engaging manner.

This is the third consecutive year FreeBalance participated in World Read Aloud Day. Twelve offices around the world read at local schools, orphanages, and three SOS Children’s Villages. The offices that participated included: Antigua & Barbuda, Canada, Guatemala, India, Kosovo, Kyrgyz Republic, Liberia, Miami, Mongolia, Palestine, Sierra Leone and Timor-Leste.

This year each office selected a book in the local language. Activity kits and crayons were also provided to children by FreeBalance staff members and text was translated in seven different languages to encourage understanding and participation. Each child received a certificate of achievement.

Here are images from some of the FreeBalance offices around the world: 

GuatemalaCanadaCanadaKosovoTimor-LesteLiberiaPalestineMongoliaKyrgyzstanAntigua & BarbudaMiamiSierra LeoneIndia