Matt de la Peña visited Hope College’s campus on November 9. He spoke to 400 elementary students in the morning, a college English class, and to the public in the evening. His message was funny and inspiring since it touched on why readings matters, a topic that is near and dear to our program. During …
Category Archives: Little Read 2022
Author Spotlight: Matt de la Peña
This Wednesday, November 9th, the Big Read will have the joy of hosting author Matt de la Peña at Hope College at Jack H. Miller at 7:00 pm for our Author Event. Matt de la Peña’s book The Last Stop on Market Street is the featured Little Read book for 2022. To preview this much …
BIG Potential for Small Children with the Little Read Lakeshore Partnership
It is November, which means it is officially Little Read month! At Ready for School, we are so excited to partner and participate with Little Read Lakeshore during this month-long celebration of reading. This year’s programming is focused on Matt de la Peña’s book Last Stop on Market Street. Ready for School’s mission is “to …
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Themes in Last Stop on Market Street
As I said in the last blog post, multiple themes can help foster discussion of Matt De La Peña’s Last Stop on Market Street, no matter what age range you decide to use the book for. Some of the themes in the book are happiness or goodness, inequity, beauty, and community. Happiness/Goodness Happiness and goodness …
Lessons in Last Stop on Market Street
While we have been discussing our middle-read books a lot, it is time to switch gears and discuss our little read book for the year. This year the little read book is The Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña. Matt de la Peña is a New York Times bestselling author and …