http://rifblog.org/2015/02/04/february-of-friends/ Where Book People Unite around reading, books and kids Tue, 12 May 2015 13:57:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3 http://rifblog.org/2015/02/04/february-of-friends/#comment-14874 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 21:48:16 +0000 http://rifblog.org/?p=2778#comment-14874 As a former teacher and principal, I am delighted to see that RIF has stood solid on the grounds of helping students see the value of books. I am also happy to see the emphasis on friendship and not strictly love for Valentine’s day. Our kids need to be taught to love themselves, their peers/significant others and then fall in love. Good books make difficult topics easy and comfortable for all of us to engage in fruitful conversation.. Thank you and keep up good work. I would love to see a more diverse theme coverage, encouraging discussion and dissemination of the cultural diversity that surrounds us.. A celebration of our friends and neighbors is a celebration of who we are as people, as community.

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