On February 1, millions of people around the world are reading aloud in recognition of World Read Aloud Day. Ten years ago, an organization called LitWorld was founded after Pam Allyn, literacy educator and author, visited Kibera, an area of extreme poverty in Nairobi, Kenya. There, she experienced the urgent desire children had to read, write and share their stories, and the barriers that stood in their way. She has stated that literacy is not a gift given just to some lucky

Combining the grace of figure skating, the toughness of boxing, and the hand-eye coordination of baseball, no sport demands more from its participants than ice hockey. The book by Sports Illustrated Kids, Hockey Then to Wow!, is a combination of visually stimulating photos and illustrations with compelling facts that will keep your young reader turning pages. It compares the world of hockey dated back to the 1920's to recent years--from uniform sweaters and goalie pads to pla