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Do you know this story? Are worried about it? Have you lived it? Maybe lived through it and have some ideas to share? Then this is your day!

On Tuesday, in her post at Finding Wonderland, Tanita Davis explained that she saw Share a Story as an event for the "wee ones." Admittedly, our goal is to encourage people to read early and often ... but we also want to encourage a lifelong love of reading, and we have to get through puberty (and lots of homework) to get there.

So who better to host today's theme -- and share all of the facets of the challenge -- than Franki Sibberson and Mary Lee Hahn, the dynamic duo of A Year of Reading and regular contributors to Choice Literacy, the "home on the web for K-12 literacy leaders." (emphasis mine)

Here's how Franki starts us off ...

As a classroom teacher, I have always struggled with reading homework.  I know that when reading is assigned, it feels like a chore to me, I don't like it and I go through the motions of reading and I don't want that for my students. But I also know that the amount of reading kids do, makes a difference.

Parents and librarians see the same thing ... we want to keep that passion ignited, but know that this is a mighty steep hill. Franki and Mary Lee have asked some of their blogging colleagues to talk about free v. assigned reading. They are also encouraging you to share your thoughts so that we can have a really great discussion!

Here's today's lineup.

• At A Year of Reading, Franki Sibberson shares a story (with link) about her then-6-year-old daughter Ana and her book choices.
• Franki also includes a link to Lisa Koch's article "My Son, Clark Kent" about the impact home reading had on her son. (Choice Literacy)
• AM Literacy Learning, Ann Marie Corgill interviews her eight-year-old nephew, Jack, about his reading.
• Sharon Taberski talks about "Reading for the Fun of It" on her blog, It's All About Comprehension.
• At Catching Readers Before They Fall, Pat and Katie share a post called "Puppies or NASA?"
• Cathy at Reflect an
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Two weeks from today, we'll begin Unwrapping the Gift of Literacy as we open Share a Story ~ Shape a Future, our blog tour for literacy.

A couple weeks ago, we announced our daily themes, where we'll talk about kids owning books; "the" moment when our kids realize they're actually reading; keeping a love of reading alive (despite homework); and the new face of literacy ... among others!

It has been so exciting to watch the ripple grow, with lots of new "faces" this year. For lack of a better phrase, we've "rounded out" some areas, and we're tickled to have more teens, guys, and opportunities to talk about literacy across cultures.

• Riley Carney will be visiting with Carol Rasco at Rasco from RIF. (Monday)
• Chris Singer (BookDads) has lined up nearly two dozen (!) dad bloggers (who also happen to be readers, writers, educators) to talk about the gift of reading. (Tuesday)
• Mary Ann Scheur (Great Kids Books) will be reviewing iPad books and talk about them in the context of promoting literacy when Danielle Smith hosts Literacy 2.0 at There's a Book. (Wednesday)
• At a Year of Reading, Mary Lee Hahn and Franki Sibberson will be talking about ways to balance literacy fun and school. Mitali Perkins, Barbara Dee, Katie Davis, Courtney Sheinmel, and others will be sharing Writer's Notebook ideas/photos at The Reading Zone. (Thursday)
• In her post today, Sarah Mulhern (The Reading Zone) said that "A great group of authors have volunteered to share their stories about the gift of reading- both giving the gift and receiving it. It’s going to be a fantastic day!" (Friday)
• Also on Friday, author / illustrator Elizabeth Dulemba will be sharing authors' stories about when they fell in love with reading.