Episode 359: The End of Reading? And Raising Readers!

Book Friends Forever Podcast by Alvina and Grace

Jul 23, 202646:20Arts

Grace and Alvina discuss a recent article in the Atlantic that bemoaned the end of reading in our society, the so-called "literacy crisis," and they also talk about Hachette Book Group's Raising Readers initiative to hel...

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