Social Reading and School Library Design
Reading is often positioned as something quiet, individual, and internal. But when you watch young people closely, that’s not always how it plays out. They recommend books to each other, read side-by-side, interrupt themselves mid-page to share a moment, or abandon a text entirely based on a friend’s reaction. Reading, in practice, is social. We know that engagement with reading is shaped not just by the text itself, but by the relationships and environments surrounding it. I
Noni Harrison
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