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Scholastic and LitWorld Team Up with Bestselling Author, Football Champion, and Literacy Advocate Malcolm Mitchell to Celebrate World Read Aloud Day on February 3, 2021
For World Read Aloud Day 2021, Scholastic Will Provide Free-to-All Digital Resources, Reading Materials, Activities, and Virtual Events, and Donate 10,000
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[{"type":"text","content":"For World Read Aloud Day 2021, Scholastic Will Provide Free-to-All Digital Resources, Reading Materials, Activities, and Virtual Events, and Donate 10,000 Books to Malcolm Mitchell's Share the Magic Foundation\n\n\nNEW YORK, Jan. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the Scholastic Teacher & Principal School Report: 2nd Edition, educators have shared that their top COVID-19-related concern is their students' social-emotional wellbeing, and nearly all agree that literacy is critical to students' wellness. Scholastic and the nonprofit LitWorld are coming together to help begin turning the page, starting with a read-aloud. Taking place on February 3, 2021, the 12th annual World Read Aloud Day will highlight the power of reading aloud and its accessibility, as a virtual kit will support connections between families, educators, and children, even if they are apart. And for the first time, the event includes a partnership with football champion, bestselling author, and literacy advocate Malcolm Mitchell. To ensure even more children have access to read-aloud books, Scholastic is donating 10,000 books to Malcolm Mitchell's Share the Magic Foundation, which will be distributed to kids through Malcolm Mitchell's Fourth Annual \"READBowl\" Global Reading Competition, to help create and build their home libraries.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nTo learn more, visit the:\nScholastic World Read Aloud Day website at https://www.scholastic.com/worldreadaloudday LitWorld World Read Aloud Day website at https://www.litworld.org/worldreadalouddayOn the Scholastic World Read Aloud Day website, visitors will have free, immediate access to a selection of resources including articles from Scholastic Classroom Magazines, the full version of Click Clack Moo by Doreen Cronin made available through Scholastic BookFlix®, activities from Scholastic Learn at Home for Families, as well as articles about the importance of reading aloud. The site also features custom illustrations from Malcolm Mitchell's newly released title, My Very Favorite Book in the Whole Wide World.\nFor additional resources, families and educators can subscribe to the WRADvocates (read-aloud advocates) email list to receive a free VirtualKit, which includes:\nA special read-aloud video message from Malcolm Mitchell A 15% off coupon for the Scholastic Store Online (through February 10, 2021) ...