Read alouds

D.E.A.R. Day has been around since the early 1980’s as a means to encourage kids to read for fun, but do you know what started it all?  A certain book published in 1981 called, Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly McCleary, first mentioned a D.E.A.R. day in the novel. Schools and families have been adopting the…