Karen Bentall

Advocate of libraries & read-alouds and their benefits on literacy, intellectual growth and wellbeing.

[Karen Bentall @MsBentall]

@united Wrexham fans in America would love it if you could restore your direct Manchester to Washington Dulles service, especially now @manairport has a brilliant new terminal. Won’t you consider? Would be helpful for @ManCity @ManUtd @Everton @LFC fans too.

[Wrexham AFC @Wrexham_AFC]

For Y Wladfa. Our new 3rd kit sponsored by @united.
Celebrating 160 years since Welsh people first moved to Patagonia.

🔴⚪ #WxmAFC

[Karen Bentall @MsBentall]

@United used to fly direct from Dulles to Manchester airport which has train links to @Wrexham_AFC via Chester. @United please consider resuming this service!

[Norman @jets2411]

@united @Wrexham_AFC Next stop, resuming the airport that is right next to Wrexham, instead of making people go to Heathrow 🤔

[Norman @jets2411]

@united @Wrexham_AFC Next stop, resuming the airport that is right next to Wrexham, instead of making people go to Heathrow 🤔

[Karen Bentall @MsBentall]

At #ALAAC24 this morning? I’d love to see you! I’ll be in the Sails Pavilion until 11. ⁦⁦@RoomtoRead⁩ ⁦@ALALibrary⁩

[Karen Bentall @MsBentall]

@HeatherMSimpson are your ears burning? I popped in to see @PatriciaNewman & @ODU’s Claire C as they were setting up their session about nonfiction at #ALAAC24 😉⬇️

[Karen Bentall @MsBentall]

A relative of mine was in the same year as you @DavidLammy. He remembers you for your kindness and how you took care of others. Thank you. 🙏

[David Lammy @DavidLammy]

If I hadn’t become a chorister at the King’s School in Peterborough I would never have become a politician. It taught me that politics must be about searching for the common ground.

It was a pleasure to go back with the Sunday Times Magazine 👇🏿
https://t.co/X76xcieu9k

[Karen Bentall @MsBentall]

“There’s no click bait in a book” - @Trevornoah speaking about the difference a library made to his childhood - and his life. @ALALibrary @RoomtoRead

[Karen Bentall @MsBentall]

Are you going to #alaac24? I'd love to see you and chat about how World Change Starts with Educated Children: Room to Read’s Approach to Sustainable, Scalable, and Locally Adaptable Children's Libraries @RoomtoRead. In the Sails Pavilion on Sunday at 9:30 AM.

[Room to Read India @roomtoreadindia]

We're glad to share the success of our recent consultation series,' The Science of Reading: Challenges and Opportunities' held on June 12, 2024. This event united prominent literacy experts and educators under one roof to facilitate knowledge exchange on the science of reading. This consultation series serves as a platform for sharing diverse perspectives and expert insights through an open dialogue.
During the consultation, participants reflected on the conceptual basis of their work and brought insights from the field to enrich the discourse on how reading is multi-disciplinary in nature. The discussion brought forward debates on the need and potential of the science of reading, nature of evidence, and the importance of having a scientific gaze. From conversations, the scientific gaze at reading emerged as one of the contributors for policy makers/practitioners to envisage reading and reading programs, at scale.
As we look forward to the third part of the consultation series, we are dedicated to advancing this discourse on the science of reading.

For the full conversation, you can click here: https://t.co/eWx4Vee0zL

@usaid_india

#ScienceOfReading #LiteracyExperts #ReadingInsights #LiteracyDialogue #ReadingPolicy #LiteracyAdvancement #FLN #qualityeducation #joyofreading #sdg4 #VijiThyagarajan #JayshreeOza #SamyuktaSubramanian

[LIASANews @LIASANews]

LIASA Conference 2024. Durban International Convention Centre. 1-4 October 2024. #SaveTheDate

[Hay Festival @hayfestival]

Novelist @Elif_Safak on the importance of libraries. When people are displaced, books and libraries are essential.

[Karen Bentall @MsBentall]

@alanews Congratulations @raypun101 And thank you @GeometricRabbit Sam Helmick for standing for election. Everyone benefits when strong, talented, dedicated candidates step up. Heartfelt thanks! 🙏

[ALA News @alanews]

Pun wins 2025-2026 ALA presidency  https://t.co/x2dDFieRqI

[Karen Bentall @MsBentall]

@Pli_Carla Many congratulations Carla! 🙌

[Room to Read Tanzania @RoomtoRead_TZ]

Our Literacy Program helps primary school students of all genders develop reading skills and a habit of reading so they can become lifelong learners. Learn more: https://t.co/W4IpMHJKFO

[Karen Bentall @MsBentall]

@SlavinTeach @ArlingtonVALib @alexlibraryva @Ashlawneagles Thank you Amy! I think the Ashlawn students will love it. Added bonus - proceeds go to setting up libraries in places where access to books is scarce.

[Karen Bentall @MsBentall]

Dancing Hands is a beautiful and unique picturebook. Does your public and school library have it? It’s likely on their radar for purchase, but a nudge from a local patron ensures that it is not overlooked. #libraries #multilingual #picturebooks #SignLanguage

[Room to Read @RoomtoRead]

Room to Read's “Dancing Hands” has received a #YouthMediaAward from the @ALALibrary! The book was one of two honored this week with the Schneider Family Book Award, celebrating artistic expressions of the disability experience for children. Learn more: https://t.co/KEIbk0eGuA

[Room to Read @RoomtoRead]

News from Laos! We've teamed up with the Luang Prabang Teacher Training College to create a course on teaching in primary school libraries. Through our partnership with the Ministry of Education and Sports, Room to Read aims to expand the course nationwide:https://t.co/BOBtRJ1N1e

[Karen Bentall @MsBentall]

It was so good to connect with @ChronicleBooks to talk Tomfoolery and Dancing Hands🙌🤟#LibLearnX

[Karen Bentall @MsBentall]

“The library is the last lifeline to reading” - I’d add that it’s also their first. ⁦⁦⁦⁦@RoomtoRead⁩ partners with governments around the world to ensure that young children & their teachers are equipped to read aloud and read alone.#library https://t.co/bbRX9jFTlz