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TikTok: Everywhere you look...books!

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Everywhere we look, you’re reading books!

We love seeing what you’re reading! Follow us on TikTok and tag us @WordsAliveSD if you make your own #bookworm video. Now, more than ever, #booksconnectus!

Writing Challenge from author Matt de la Peña: LOVE

Writing Challenge from author Matt de la Peña: LOVE

Matt de la Peña reads his book, Love, a heartwarming tale that resonates with all ages. Here, he adds a special writing challenge just for teens.

Stuck Inside, but Writing Outside the Box

Stuck Inside, but Writing Outside the Box

Choose a familiar object near you — it could be your alarm clock, or a poster on your wall, or your favorite hoodie. Write a short story about quarantine life from the perspective of that object!

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Send Love for the Elderly

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Send Love for the Elderly

With COVID-19 being especially dangerous for the elderly, nursing homes and assisted living facilities across globe have restricted access to visitors. To help combat the loneliness that comes with social distancing for a generation that doesn’t live online, write a letter. The non-profit Love for the Elderly is collecting letters to send to nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospices and senior centers across the globe. Here’s how to participate!

52 Rules to Survive QuaranTEEN

52 Rules to Survive QuaranTEEN

How are we going to survive this new era of social distancing? Let’s take a page out of Kwame Alexander’s Playbook and write our own rules to beat this thing.

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Found Poetry

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Found Poetry

Find new meaning in COVID-19 news. Write a poem using words found in articles or other text sources.