Representatives of the Guam Council of the International Reading Association (IRA) and the UOG School
of Education Alumni
Association (SOEAA) receive congratulations on their
joint efforts to encourage Guam
youngsters to read
for fun from local author,
Frances Baumann, and her
husband, attorney Ladd
Baumann. The couple
contributed 300 children’s books to be used as prizes to public elementary school students who participate in the next
islandwide
Read-a-thon. The
books – Ramon on the Phone
and Midge at the Fridge
– are written
by Frances Baumann and feature
funny stories told in rhyme
about a CHamoru
“coach potato” and his “junk-food-junkie” friend who discover how to get
fit and eat right. The storybooks, which
include audio narration and companion activities, games, and jump
rope songs, are now available online at Amazon.com.
In addition to its annual
Read-a-thon for children and in keeping
with its goal
to improve literacy and reading instruction in Guam and Micronesia, the
IRA is hosting
its 32nd annual regional Language Arts Conference for teachers
and parents this weekend on Nov. 15 and 16 at
the Pacific Star Resort.
Pictured left to right are:
Vivian Wolff, Chairperson of IRA Grants;
Margaret Beem, Vice President of SOEAA; Ladd & Fran Baumann; and Trini Chargualaf, retired GDOE principal.
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