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Mothers Learned the Fundamentals of Reading Aloud

IBBY president visits a read with me center
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The IBBY President visited Avay-e-Mandegar Empowerment Center

On 25 April 2019, Mingzhou Zhang, president of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) visited Avay-e-Mandegar Empowerment Center, a center covered by the Read with Me project. After having been informed about the activities…
Read with Me team with IBBY President
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The IBBY President: Read with Me Gave Me a Big Surprise

The President of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), Mingzhou Zhang, visited the Institute for Research on the History of Children’s Literature and the Read with Me House on 24 April 2019 and was introduced to the different…
Poldokhtar Flood
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Read with Me Reaching Out to Children in the Flooded Poldokhtar

Reaching out to children in crisis is one of the fundamental goals of the “Read with Me” program, which is why Read with Me experts feel responsible to be around these children and lessen their pains. Therefore, on 22 April 2019, after the…

Children Aren’t Forgotten during New Year’s Holidays!

This year, New Year's holidays passed, with all the good news and the bitter ones. Yet Read with Me teachers, librarians and promoters, carried books around even on their trips. So that every chance they got, they would take children on a different…

One Teacher, One Classroom, One Library Campaign

On March 2019, At the conference commemorating Mehdi Azar Yazdi held at the National Library and Archive of I.R. IRAN, the Institute for Research on the History of Children’s Literature announced the start of One Teacher, One Classroom, One…
Nowruz
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Happy Nowruz, the Persian new year!

Happy Nowruz, the Persian new year! Children of Saravan celebrated a colorful Nowruz festival! The children of Morad-abad village (Saravan, Sistan and Balouchestan) inspired by “Elmer, the Patchwork Elephant”, celebrated a very colorful…
Tree Planting Day in Iran
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Welcome Spring! – Tree Planting Day in Iran

Welcome Spring! The children of Read with Me Cabin-library in Salas Babajani, Kermanshah, celebrated the National Tree Planting Day on the 6th of March. The librarian, children and their parents planted 40 seedlings around the library and…
Sadr-ol-Vaezin Library

Women Who Establish Libraries

Max Velthuijs' "The frog and stranger" in Jiroft
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A Journey from Netherlands to Houkerd, Jiroft

One year after publishing the Dutch illustrator Max Velthuijs' "The frog and stranger" in Iran for Read with Me programme, now it is in Houkerd, a village of Jiroft, Kerman to share with children the meaning of cultural diversity and the importance…
Literacy Education for Afghan girls and boys
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The opportunity for the Afghan girls to become literate through literature

Literacy Education for Afghan girls and boys Here is the Mother and Child House of Naser-Khosrow. In the marginal part of Isfahan which is called Malekshahr. The inhabitants are mostly from Afghanistan. Most of the families are workers and…
Read with Me cabin-Library in Javanroud
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The 8th Read with Me cabin- Library in Javanroud

The 8th Read with Me cabin- Library in Javanroud, another earthquake affected area in Kermanshah On Friday 31 January 2019, in Javanroud, the 8th Read with Me cabin- Library for earthquake affected Kermanshah province opened its doors to…
!The smile sits again on the face of children in Jahad-Abad
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Smile sits again on the face of children in Jahad-Abad!

Giving the opportunity to gain a basic education through literature to primary school-aged children out of school, is one of the Read with Me goals. After several months of struggle, Read with Me team in cooperation with sponsors and regional…
Read Aloud

Read with Me celebrates Read-Aloud week for the second year

Read with Me celebrates Read-Aloud week for the second year The Institute for Research on the History of Children’s Literature holds the Read-Aloud week in Iran for the second year, 22-28 January. This year our theme is: "In the Change…
Mobile Library
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The First “Read with Me” mobile library arrives in Qorveh

The First "Read with Me" mobile library arrives in Qorveh This mobile library will go to the rural areas of Qorveh County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. The Mobile Library will provide scheduled service to schools of this area. There is…

A Letter to Author, from the Earthquake-stricken Kermanshah

A girl from the earthquake-stricken Rijaab in Kermanshah, Iran, writes a letter to author, MohammadHadi Mohammadi. The librarian of this city, sent a photo of this letter to Read with Me project coordinators in Tehran: “From Sahar Hello…