"Until just a few months ago, there were no suitable or effective 'learn-to-read' books written for older students. As more age-appropriate content becomes available, we need to create a new shelf in the library filled with books that are culturally inclusive, intriguing and accessible for students at any intersection of age and reading level."

"Dr. Jennifer McCarty Plucker, Director of Learning and Development with Mackin in conversation with Sarah Hartley from Orca Book Publishers and Louise Baigelman from Storyshares around supporting adolescent readers who are still emerging in their literacy skills."

"At Storyshares, we are not selling a product, we are providing a solution to a problem that is massive and yet all-too-often overlooked and ignored."

"Learn about StoryShares and their wonderful high interest/low reading level books."

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"Storyshares is building the first shelf in the library for those millions of students who are being overlooked; to reimagine the experience for older students learning how to read."

For adolescent students, although they need to learn the same skill sets as elementary-school students to become strong readers, how they build those skills needs to be different.

What functional illiteracy feels like for teenagers.

Storyshares seeks to raise reading levels of forgotten tweens, teens and adults: Across the nation, reading and literacy proficiency is at an all time low. One program seeks to change the narrative.