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The reading phenomen of Harry Potter is sweeping the world. Children from all over are beginning to read thanks to a fictional wizard. This series of books have single handedly revivedreading as a thing to do for an entire generation.

This article shows another side of what Oprah is doing with her power. She had been so successful in making adult books popular and famous so she created a Kids list for books as well. This list is just as popular and the amount of people buying these books is still unbelievable. The article goes into again how easily Oprah can make people buy and read something. It will be helpful to me in my paper because it shows how Oprah is not just influential in one area of reading but all different age groups as well.

This article shows another example of how Oprah has had huge influence over what America is reading. Two new authors like Jacquelyn Mitchard and Wally Lamb, were made famous because of Oprah. Mitchard's book went from 100,000 sales to 900,000 when Oprah talked about it on her show. The new authors are very appreciative and surprised at the effect that Oprah has had on their careers. This is helpful because it gives another view of why she is successful in controlling what our country is reading. She has made nobody authors into successful and famous just by talking about their book on her show.

This involves a program called PictoPal that helps children read. It will help them read and writed. It tells how this program helped the children with their literacy and what this program does.

This article is about a digital learning program called pictopal that was created to help children learn how to read and write. This article talks about the effects of this experiment and whether or not it was successful. It also gives an overview of how the program was initiated to the studetns. This would be a helpful article if you are looking for information on how digital program effects learning.

This article is about how harry potter has encouraged and influenced reading among young students and how reading helps them to learn better and understand quicker.

A film on OhioLINK. How could a child be a top math student yet not be able to read? Why can another child read well but not be able to write a paragraph that makes sense? While watching children being taught new ways to learn, this program offers expert insight into the nature of learning disabilities, why learning disabilities may also be accompanied by ADHD or social disorders, and what can be done to help children learn to compensate and succeed. A Meridian Production. (16 minutes, color)

This article from the Washington Post discusses the problem of aliteracy. Much more prevalent than illiteracy, it is also more insidious because unlike teaching someone how to read, which is fairly straightforward, how do you teach someone to LIKE to read? This article contains statistics on aliteracy in America and interesting ways in which aliteracy has changed the way our society functions.

This article is about the program Reading first. The program supports reading in young children. The children who participate in this program are much more literate than children who do not.

This article talks about what makes Harry Potter so appealing to young people and why it encourages them to read. The books inspire children to read and think. They also encourage young people to use their imaginations.

This article in the USA Today talks about the Kindle and IPhone. These devices have the ability to put books on the screen and able you to read any time. On the IPhone or IPod Touch the books come up on the screen. With the Kindle, it does the same thing as the IPhone, but it also reads to you.

Kindle is a electronic book reader. In this technology, kindle is a hand-held device that will help you read. This technology will not only have the words on the screen, but it will read to you.

Children's drawings about reading and writing have unrealized potential for helping uncover the literacy narratives students bring to school and use to make sense of reading and writing. In this article, we highlight how one boy's drawing about literacy revealed his interpretation of his school's policy on violence as a topic of writing, which tended to constrain his interest in writing. His drawing reinforced the importance of adopting multiple perspectives to interpret the various texts that students produce. (Abstract taken from JSTOR.)

This article is about how parents influence thier childrens learning habits. Helping your children learn to read and write must start in the early years. Parents are a support team when thier child is learning to read. The way the parents read and write at home effects how the students read and write. Oral language is a foundation for literacy development.

This article brings up the cultural dynamic that Oprah has created. She has a huge following of every race and has brought many cultures together through reading. She has a large black and also white fan base in women. She has brought all of these people together with the love for reading good books. She is talked about again in this article as being a phenomenon. This is a good point that will be good for my paper because it is a different view. Not only does she send sales of books through the roof, she also brings groups of all different people together on one common ground.

This article is very interesting and useful for my research. It gives a week by week break down of the rankings of the books That Oprah has mentioned on her show. It shows how much it is still a factor in how America reads and what they buy. The 2007 list is very impressive just like when she began talking about books in the 90's. This will be a good thing that I can look at and draw some conclusions on about books and effects.

Milosovic talks about research shows that scripted curricula set by the No Child Left Behind Act fails to meet the desired goal of increased literacy. She particularly mentions the negative aspects of the law which include, the time it requires, lack of individual attention on students, and the lack of focus on reading comprehension. Her research covers many cities and states and much can be learned from her article.

This article talks about what makes Harry Potter so appealing to young people and why it encourages them to read. The books inspire children to read and think. They also encourage young people to use their imaginations.

Explains aliteracy and amoralism in literature and reading. Definition of aliterate and amoral; Discussion of several cartoons on aliteracy; View of the International Reading Association on aliteracy. (Description taken from EBSCO.)

The National Institute for Literacy serves as a national resource for adult education and literacy programs, coordinates literacy services and policy, and provides leadership for literacy in the United States. The Institute disseminates information on scientifically based reading research pertaining to children, youth, and adults as well as information about development and implementation of classroom reading programs based on the research. A great resource for articles and statistics.

This article discusses the positive impact that the Harry Potter books have on children's reading. Since so many poeple have read the series or seen the movies, the books can constantly be referred to by teachers.