As I wend my way back to sanity after a complete computer crash (the twigs and glue no longer holding together on my ancient system), I’ll work on my next entry for this page and in the meantime send you to ILLUSTRATOR BARBARA REID’S website —the opening is thrilling!
Talk to you again soon,
Loris
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For those of you at Toronto’s 2006 Reading for the Love of It conference who missed the handouts, here are
Loris Lesynski’s Best Suggestions for Echo Reading
• Use story voice.
• Start with very small bits of repetition, not whole lines. Assume everyone is feeling a bit shy and unsure. Lead them into it step by [...]

I haven’t done a “What’s New” page for awhile cuz I’ve had one of those boring hacking coughing winter colds that wipe out one’s enthusiasm for just about everything.
I’ll make it up to you later this week, though, by doing an extensive entry on FAMILY READING NIGHT suggestions for your schools.
Teachers sometimes get sick, [...]