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Wilton Grove
London, Ontario 457 / 400 Books Given
Principal Helder Goulart Wilton Grove's student population draws from the largest subsidized government housing complex in Ontario. The library provides an essential resource for the development of our students' literacy. The library is the centre of the school and is well utilized. To support the students' engagement, new resources would be a gift. Thank you for your consideration. The Scholastic Book Sales provides some resources but these are limited in scope.
Support for Wilton Grove
Way to go! Supporters across Canada put 5 books in your school library from our Facebook LIKE challenge.
Why are you supporting this school?
My first grade teacher Ms. Power helped me fall even more in love with reading. She used to buy chapter books for me on my very own interests. I always remember her telling me how proud she was me when she heard me tell a story to a friend. She’d let me read to others and encouraged me to ...
Why is reading important to you?
Reading helps me relax after a busy work week. I read many different types of books but enjoy reading medieval fantasy books and space fiction the most. I like to read on my ereader. My favourite author at the present is Bronny Sever. I also enjoy reading Robin Hobb, Lindsay Buroker, ...
Who helped you fall in love with reading and how?
I love reading because it is like a movie in your mind. It is better than a movie because you can make the characters look how you want them to look and what you want their voices to sound like, e.t.c. It is a way to escape the world for a little bit. I started reading when I was three. My mom ...
Why is reading important to you?
Over the years I have enjoyed EVERY night reading a book or MORE laying in bed with my little girl helping her dose of to sleep hearing adventures and laughs and amazing stories to dream. Now I am a Grandma and having my grandson’s 2nd Birthday where he got a book instead of a card. And turning ...
Who helped you fall in love with reading and how?
My mom was the one who gave me my love of reading. Each night we would read to each other. As an adult we read all of the Harry Potter books to each other. We both love to read out loud and to be read to. As a child we read the classics to each other. The full versions of Alice in Wonderland, ...
Why is reading important to you?
I read everyday. As a child I had “attention deficit disorder” and so reading was a challenge to me. My mom would help me get through the prescribed reading by reading with me. She would read three pages and then I would read one page. We would lie on my bed each night and read to each other. ...
Who helped you fall in love with reading and how?
I always preferred reading to watching television. I started to read more books as an adult, and my in-laws gave me my love of reading. They would give books as gifts. I read every day and some days I complete a book. I enjoy reading all kinds of books and I don’t limit myself to any ...
Who helped you fall in love with reading and how?
My parents helped me fall in love with reading. We always went to the local library and I was allowed to pick books myself. Growing up in the fifties, Enid Blyton was my go to author. Her books were exciting and imaginative. I would get lost in her stories of the magic far away tree. How I ...
Which children’s book had the biggest impact on your ...
My favourite book as a child was a book that unfortunately is no longer in print because I would love to read it to my children. It was called Phoebe and the hot water bottles. The author was Linda Dawson. It was about a little red headed girl named Phoebe who loved hot water bottles and would ...
Why is reading important to you?
Reading is important to me because it brings back so many memories that I had as a child. My mother tells me that she read a book to me every night and at one point I stared memorizing the words before I knew how to read! Reading is one of my hobbies as I love finding a good new book. It is ...
Why is reading important to you?
Reading is important to me for so many reasons. Reading allows me to get lost in a world that is not my own. I can sit, relax, and enjoy the stories of other people’s lives. Reading to children allows me to be goofy, take on many different voices, and get kids excited to read. The more we read, ...
Paying it forward in memory of Rick Joyal, an avid reader, who believed in lifelong learning and the value of a good education from an early age. - Joyal Education Fund
Why is reading important to you?
Today in class we were talking about having a growth mindset and not a fixed mindset. My teacher explained that having a fixed mindset is like deciding that you don't want to do something before you have even started. Example its like deciding you don't want to play soccer before you have even ...
Who helped you fall in love with reading and how?
My Mother helped me fall in love with reading! She bought me books, took me to the library, she even volunteered at my public school library. She has continued passing the love of books along to her grandchildren and great grandchildren!
Which children’s book had the biggest impact on your ...
Alexander and the no Good Day! Maybe not on life, but my dad today was the same! I was leaving my house this am, and running late, and I drove over my garbage bag which then exploded banana peels, coffee grinds, egg shells, and other garbage. THEN, I pulled over, go out of my car, cleaned it ...
Why is reading important to you?
As a teacher librarian, I believe reading is critical in building important literacy skills. I adore watching kids love of reading grow over the years as they advance through the grades.I hope to help instill this love of reading in our students each and every day.
What are the three books every school library should ...
My Mother Hates Me in January - It provides a simple introduction to SAD but also shows kids that sometimes a person has tough days or bad moods but they can come out of them; Mufaro's Beautiful Daugthers - It teaches the importance of being kind to everyone around you and to never let your ...
Who helped you fall in love with reading and how?
My son. He has a love for books and gets so excited at the library.
Why are you supporting this school?
I went to this school from JK-Grade 8. I later volunteered in it. Now my own kids go to it. I want them to experience a great school filled with awesome experiences!
Which children’s book had the biggest impact on your ...
I always enjoyed reading Shel Silverstein as a child (and even as an adult). His poems were always funny or inspirational and the sketches that accompanied them always had me smiling.
Why are you supporting this school?
I am supporting Wilton Grove because I am at teacher at this school. What is more impactful is that I attended Wilton Grove as a student from Kindergarten to Grade 8. I first hand got to experience trips down to the library to select a book to take home and read. It was always a perfect way to ...
