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Add these books by Cottage Life contributors to your summer reading list

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Cottage Life is lucky to count many of Canada’s top writers among our contributors. Add their books to your TBR (to-be-read) pile, and revisit their incredible (often award-winning) work from the magazine.

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These cottage-themed picture books are kid-approved

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There are three things I know for sure about my five-year-old neighbour, Isaac: he enjoys visiting his grandparents’ cottage on Pigeon Lake, Alta., about an hour southwest of Edmonton, where we live; he’s an enthusiastic participant when I read picture books aloud; he has great conversational skills and likes to come to my house to talk. So, when I discovered some picture books for kids at our local library about going to the lake, I knew I had the ingredients for a summer activity he’d enjoy.

Sitting together on my back deck, we found out that not all cottage-themed picture books are appealing to a five-year-old kid. Some had stories that went on too long. Some had illustrations that weren’t that visually attractive. The books that Isaac liked best had delightful plots and characters, a kids’-eye view of the world, interesting language, and pictures that held a few surprises. 

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Reading has a huge impact

According to a study published in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, children who grow up with books fare better in life.

 

Books have an impact on children from all walks of life but have an even greater impact on those from poor families.

 

Researchers from Australian National University and the University of California at Los Angeles looked at the issue. Their research involved 73,000 people in 27 countries and found that children who grow up with books obtain three years more schooling than those who do not.

 

The impact of books was greatest in countries like China and South Africa.

 

Dr. Mariah Evans is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Nevada and a study co-author. She told the Star that having books "helps the most for children who are from disadvantaged homes where parents aren’t well educated or considered to have a low income."

 

She adds that "You get some bang from your book all the way through society, but you get more advantage for those in the lower rungs of society… no matter how advantaged parents are, the bookishness of the home always matters. Being rich and highly educated doesn’t entirely compensate for not having books around."

 

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Uncategorized

Reading has a huge impact

According to a study published in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, children who grow up with books fare better in life.

 

Books have an impact on children from all walks of life but have an even greater impact on those from poor families.

 

Researchers from Australian National University and the University of California at Los Angeles looked at the issue. Their research involved 73,000 people in 27 countries and found that children who grow up with books obtain three years more schooling than those who do not.

 

The impact of books was greatest in countries like China and South Africa.

 

Dr. Mariah Evans is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Nevada and a study co-author. She told the Star that having books "helps the most for children who are from disadvantaged homes where parents aren’t well educated or considered to have a low income."

 

She adds that "You get some bang from your book all the way through society, but you get more advantage for those in the lower rungs of society… no matter how advantaged parents are, the bookishness of the home always matters. Being rich and highly educated doesn’t entirely compensate for not having books around."

 

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Blink 182 headlines Reading and Leeds Festivals

Festival season is almost upon us and every day brings another announcement of more big names at big events around the world. This time around, it was organizers of the Reading and Leeds Festivals.

This is a pair of British music festivals that are held every year on the same weekend at the end of August. The Reading Festival is the world’s oldest popular music festival still in existence.

Organizers just announced more headliners for the 2010 edition.

On August 27, 28, 29, the two stages, one in Reading and another in Leeds, will welcome Guns N’ Roses, Arcade Fire and Blink 182. Each of these bands will perform on each stage sometime over the three days of the festival.

Reading’s line-up is as follows: Guns N’ Roses will perform on Friday, August 27, Arcade Fire on the Saturday and Blink 182 hits the stage on the Sunday.

At Leeds, Arcade Fire performs at the festival on Friday, Blink 182 on the Saturday and Guns N’ Roses closes the festival on the Sunday.

Besides these big headliners, other artists scheduled to perform include Queens Of The Stone Age, The Libertines, Dizzee Rascal, Biffy Clyro, The Cribs, Weezer and Limp Bizkit.