Northern Illinois Reading Council

Please join us for an evening of pizza and conversation with Maria Walter!

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NIRC board merry today to plan for the upcoming year. Big things are coming. We were fortunate to be joined by Dr. David Paige and Mary Gardner.

Nuggets of Literature! NIRC held the Midwinter Conference last evening. It was an evening of sharing and exploring Maria Walther’s books Shake Up Shared Reading and Ramped Up Read Aloud. Thanks to Maria for being our special guest and sharing some incredible literature. Thanks to Jackie, Whitney and Betsy for sharing. We appreciate everyone who attended! We hope you all left with full minds, hearts and stomachs. Special thanks also to Dr. Jerry Johns for sponsoring NIU student attendance.

Please join us for this sure to be fun event, the Nuggets of Literature book talk. We will be sharing Maria Walther's Shake-Up Shared Reading. We are so fortunate that Maria will also be joining us! Come to listen and learn, or bring a lesson you have tried to share. This event is FREE for members and only $5.00 for non-members. This is a great time to bring a friend and share with others at your school. CPDUs will be available.

Thank you to Dr. David Paige for presenting to NIRC tonight!

Dr. David Paige speaking at Northern Illinois Reading Council’s Fall Conference

NIRC is ready to ring in the new school year with style! Check out the flyer and register using the link below today!
https://forms.gle/XNLMuo38L3gFB4jq7
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Our "Let's Tacobout Books" event was an enormous success!

Here's a list of all the books shared to inspire your own reading stack 📚💕:

100 Life Challenges
The Snow Kept on Falling - Kathie McQueary
Spirit Hunters - Ellen Oh
Quit Makers Gift - Jeff Brumbeau
Walk On - Marla Frazee
The Web Files - Margie Palatini
Reading Strategies
A Beautiful Work in Progress - Mirna Velerio
Go Set A Watchman - Harper Lee
The Raod Back to You - Ian Morgan Cron & Suzanne Stabile
The Elephant Whisperer - Pan MacMillan
The Giver of Stars - Pack Horse Library in Kentucky
Me Before You - JoJo Moyes
Nature Anatomy - Julia Rothman
Lab Girl - Hope Jahran
The Book Whisperer - Donalyn Miller

@ Rosita's Mexican Restaurant

Free food and colleagues who love literacy? It doesn't get much better than that! RSVP today! (See second photo for details)

Do you love tacos? Do you love books? Also are both of those serious questions because OF COURSE you do! RSVP today for some free delicious food and discussion with colleagues! 🌮📚