Writing on the Wall - Indigo Love of Reading Video

Writing on the Wall explores the literacy crisis unfolding in Canada's classrooms. Complete with shocking statistics of children's literacy skills and the impact on their future, and Canada's, this groundbreaking film follows two high-needs elementary schools as they prepare their submission for an Indigo Love of Reading Foundation grant to rebuild their dying libraries.

Presented by Indigo Books and Music and commissioned by the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation, Writing on the Wall is a an important film with a powerful message that needs to be heard by all Canadians.

http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/loveofreading/template/index.html

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[estocanuck]

As a school library technician I daily see children who have no books, no bookshelf, let alone one or two books taken out of their school library. All children,globally, have a right to be surrounded by books; to have access to them--to be able to touch them, pick them up and have the ability to read them. Reading is an important skill that will not only get a job, but will more importantly, serve to open the doors of our childrens' imagination and pave the way for their persoal achievement.

[mustashcolision]

@estocanuck you should tell them about banned books that are banned for no reason. That's what my teacher did and ever since I've been reading non-stop. and there are tons of youtube videos about books that are banned (mostly in america) and are best selling like twilight and my sister's keeper

[barnskiano]

very well put, though i know you wrote this 9 months ago

i'm an English literature student at university, i own literally hundreds of books and i've pretty much never been in a library

truth be told they kind of scare me actually, my school never taught me how to use one and the one there was woefully underfunded

[Lavina94122]

Very inspirational, we watched this for school, and wrote an essay on the importance of literacy on it.