Book Giving Day which will be held on 14 February 2013 – http://bookgivingday.com/ . Read how you can celebrate this special day. The poster is available in a number of different languages.
Monthly Archives: January 2014
Read Aloud Day March 5
World Read Aloud Day is on March 5th! http://litworld.org/worldreadaloudday
New research of interest
There is also an interesting Press Release about this research from the New School in New York City:
http://www.newschool.edu/pressroom/pressreleases/2013/CastanoKidd.htm
The article and the press release both refer to ToM Theory of Mind. Here is a brief description of what this term actually means: http://www.howstuffworks.com/theory-of-mind.htm
Another older piece of research:
Bookworms versus nerds: Exposure to fiction versus non-fiction, divergent associations with social ability, and the simulation of fictional social worlds. Authors: Raymond A. Mar, Keith Oatley, Jacob Hirsh, Jennifer dela Paz, Jordan B. Peterson. published by the University of Toronto in 2006. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009265660500053X