Comments on: Passion Quilt Meme: Reading Sets You Free

By: Memes of Yesterday: Five blog heroes - Spurious Tuples

Memes of Yesterday: Five blog heroes - Spurious Tuples — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:59:23 +0000

[...] it is, often hilariously. But what really lands her on this list is this: last May, she wrote a blog post about reading, and I, in a sleep-deprived, new-parent moment of weakness, forgot the first rule of online [...]

By: Sharani » Blog Archive » Meme: Passion Quilt - Learn How to Meditate

Sharani » Blog Archive » Meme: Passion Quilt - Learn How to Meditate — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:04:40 +0000

[...] Free Range Librarian Blogger, shared a photo of a child reading and penned an accompanying essay Reading Sets You Free. Hands down, this is one of the most powerful and beautiful treatises on the importance of reading [...]

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:23:06 +0000

My sister-in-law & I (5 kids & 2 full-time jobs between us) have often joked about booking a hotel room one weekend and bringing a pile of books. No seeing the sights, no spa services, nothing – just reading.

By: A break, and coming attractions « Everybody’s Libraries

A break, and coming attractions « Everybody’s Libraries — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:18:26 +0000

[...] might also enjoy “Reading sets you free”, an article posted about a month ago by K. G. Schneider (who I had the pleasure of meeting in [...]

By: Aaron the Librarian » Passion Quilt Meme: An above all, read as thou wilt

Aaron the Librarian » Passion Quilt Meme: An above all, read as thou wilt — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:05:01 +0000

[...] I’m meme-ing. I blame @library_chic for pointing me to @kgs’s Passion Quilt Meme “Reading Sets You Free” [...]

By: K.G. Schneider

K.G. Schneider — Tue, 06 May 2008 19:28:03 +0000

Robin, reading-as-punishment is terrible… but encouragement, even gentle bribes, a good thing. Though teachers SHOULD tell students to read.

By: 31 Day Comment Challenge: Becoming a Better Blog Citizen « Curious Child’s Library Wanderings

Tue, 06 May 2008 18:32:59 +0000

[...] posted to K.G. Schneider. Her post about reading was so heartfelt and inspirational that I’m going to have my [...]

By: Dani Vaughn-Tucker

Dani Vaughn-Tucker — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:27:28 +0000

Wow, such an impassioned speech about reading. You really have a gift for words. I’m going to have my daughter read what you wrote. She’s not a reader (much to my dismay because I am a librarian) but maybe she will be inspired.

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 06 May 2008 17:58:57 +0000

I don’t think kids should be TOLD to read. Just model it for them and they will follow suit. I flinch when I hear parents tell their reluctant reader kids that they have to read such and such – making it a punishment… SIGH

By: K.G. Schneider

K.G. Schneider — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:59:32 +0000

Catherine, if I could give you a gift, it would be 48 hours in a spa hotel with a pile of books.