Walking down the beach in Mexico, we stumbled upon America’s sweetheart, Paris Hilton, who upon learning London’s name, said “I’d love to name my kid that.” Then the pose. Here’s the shot:
It was announced yesterday that the National Book Foundation has chosen the five winners of its first-ever Innovations in Reading Prize; one of those winners is Santa Fe’s own Robert Wilder.
The Innovations in Reading Prize, which recognizes sources around the country that help make reading and literacy more interesting and accessible to the public, carries a $2,500 prize and a framed certificate. Any teacher can shove a book into a kid’s hand; any library can stock their shelves with books they hope someone will read. It takes a special passion and commitment to approach the subject of reading with enthusiasm and encourage others to do the same in a unique way.
Wilder, a teacher at Santa Fe Prep and author of two books (Daddy Needs a Drink and Tales from the Teachers’ Lounge) and a columnist in the Reporter (the first issue of every month contains his beloved column, which features his dryly humorous look at family life; check it out in today’s paper), was the only individual to win the Innovations in Reading award.
The other recipients were: Readkiddoread.com, a website/organization dedicated to helping parents and teachers find books that kids will love; Fathers Bridging the Miles, a program that allows incarcerated fathers to record their voice reading so it can later be played for their children; the Maricopa County LIbrary District in Gilbert, Arizona, which abandoned the Dewey Decimal System and grouped books into “neighborhoods,” more like a bookstore, and has seen circulation double as a result; and readergirlz, an online community dedicated to teen girls, which promotes reading as fun, and gives teens a chance to chat with their favorite young adult authors.
Free Comic Book Day isn’t for another week, but this promo we shot with Daddy Needs a Drink columnist Rob Wilder’s son London is too adorable to postpone.
I’ll just have to repost this as the big day approaches.
The Santa Fe Reporter
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