http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/the-tigers-bookshelf-mr-george-baker/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:29:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/the-tigers-bookshelf-mr-george-baker/#comment-418 » Blog Archive » Books at Bedtime: learning across generations Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:18:54 +0000 http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/?p=844#comment-418 [...] a recent post, Janet talked about Mr George Baker, in which a child goes to school with someone from an older [...] [...] a recent post, Janet talked about Mr George Baker, in which a child goes to school with someone from an older [...]

]]> http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/the-tigers-bookshelf-mr-george-baker/#comment-417 Janet Brown Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:23:10 +0000 http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/?p=844#comment-417 Hi, Aline-- I just looked up Jeremiah Learns to Read and it looks quite lovely--now on to the library to find it--thanks! Hi, Aline–
I just looked up Jeremiah Learns to Read and it looks quite lovely–now on to the library to find it–thanks!

]]> http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/the-tigers-bookshelf-mr-george-baker/#comment-416 Aline Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:28:35 +0000 http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/?p=844#comment-416 I can't wait to get hold of this book! It reminds me of another title, "Jeremiah Learns to Read" (Scholastic), in which Jeremiah is an elderly farmer who has so many wonderful skills but who has never learned to read. After dreaming about it for a while, he finally decides to go to school. There he counts with the help of his young classmates to learn his letters and, in exchange, teaches them some of his own valuable skills. My daughter loves this book and was very curious about the idea of "an old person going to school," which she hadn't heard of until we read it. The book opened the perfect door for me to talk to her about illiteracy as a problem that affects many people, old and new, in this country and other countries. I can’t wait to get hold of this book! It reminds me of another title, “Jeremiah Learns to Read” (Scholastic), in which Jeremiah is an elderly farmer who has so many wonderful skills but who has never learned to read. After dreaming about it for a while, he finally decides to go to school. There he counts with the help of his young classmates to learn his letters and, in exchange, teaches them some of his own valuable skills. My daughter loves this book and was very curious about the idea of “an old person going to school,” which she hadn’t heard of until we read it. The book opened the perfect door for me to talk to her about illiteracy as a problem that affects many people, old and new, in this country and other countries.

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