Scholastic Professional: Forged by Reading: The Power of a Literate Life
- In Forged by Reading
- Beers and Probst reflect on the role of reading in a democratic society
- It is a book that helps us to understand why creating independent readers and writers is critical to the health of our world
- Beers and Probst argue that reading and writing are the tools of literacy
- This is critical because the history of literacy has largely been about the suppression of that power and privilege
- Written in 2020 against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic
- The death of George Floyd and the ensuing emergence of the BLM protests
- This is a book about literacy and the opportunity for change it offers to our society
- This book examines the inequalities of our world through the lens of literacy
- Rachel Clarke
