【推荐3】As parents, most of us are keen to encourage a love of reading in our children but sometimes it can be hard to know how to do this. All four of these books contain loads of useful tips about how to get your kids into reading and stand out as my favourite books. The books should be widely available in libraries and bookshops. You can also buy them online with free postage anywhere in the world through the Book Depository.

Rocket Your Child into Reading

Best known as an Australian children's author, Jackie French also struggled at school with reading and writing and knows first-hand all about the inpact these stuggles have on a child's self- esteem and atiude to school and learning. In this book , Jackie looks at the dfferent ways children learn. She has some wonderful ideas about how parents can help stnggling readers.

Reading Magic

The book is beautifully witten with lots of iformation about the importance of reading aloud to children. As well as being an author of the most beautiful picture books for young children, Mem Fox is also a teacher and literacy advocate so her advice is backed up with lots of research. Reading Magic is quite a short book, full of hunour and very easy to read.

The Reading Bug

Before Paul Jennings started writing flltime, he was a special-education teacher and then a speech pathologist. Like Mem, Paul believes parents are the best reading teachers in the world and that parental involvement is key to a child learming to read and use language. This is another easy - to - read book which presents simple strategies to show how parents can use books to enrich their children's lives.

The Read-Aloud Handbook

This book was originally published in 1979 and is still in print. It contains many ideas to encourage reading in children. Originally a journalist, Jim Trelease has some interesting things to say about the US education system, with its emphasis on testing almost to the exclusion of all else. Like Mem Fox, Jim is a passionate advocate for children's literacy and the importance of reading to children.

【推荐1】After a months-long rest due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cinemas in low-risk areas started to reopen on July 20th. Here are 4 films on the screening schedule.

A First Farewell

Set in the scenic Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the story unfolds between a farm boy Isa and his friend Kalbinur. Isa’s mother, deaf and mute（哑的）, relies on her son to look after her.

Kalbinur, though a smart Uygur girl, finds the Chinese language hard to master at the village school. That winter, Isa’s father decides to send his wife to a nursing home, and Kalbinur’s family makes plans to leave the village. Isa will soon experience farewell.

The film won the Asian Future Best Film Award at Tokyo International Film Festival in 2018 and a Crystal Bear at the 2019 Berlinale.

Sheep without a Shepherd

Li Wejjie and his wife, A Yu, have lived in Thailand for 17 years and raised two daughters. At the age of 40, Li runs an Internet company and is well-liked by the townspeople. However, the family’s bright prospects are suddenly interrupted by an unexpected guest. In this borderland town filled with smuggling（走私）and drug trafficking, justice comes to a critical testing moment.

Coco

This Disney-Pixar production offers a heart-warming comedy integrating fantasy, music, family values and charming Mexican culture. Miguel, a little boy from a family of shoemakers, dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. On the way to his dream, he meets trickster Hector and they set off on an extraordinary journey.

Since screened, Coco has brought home two Oscars, one Golden Globe and one BAFTA Award.

The Pursuit of Happyness

This film is based on a true story about a man named Christopher Gardner. Gardner has invested heavily in a device known as a “bone density scanner”. However, the devices do not sell well. As Gardner works to make ends meet，his wife leaves him and he loses his apartment. Forced to live out on the streets with his son, Gardner is taken for an unpaid stockbroker, with slim chances for advancement to a paid position.