I’m excited to be a part of Random House Children’s Books’ UNPLUG & READ Blog Tour — check out my interview with “Strands of Bronze and Gold” author Jane Nickerson — which is counting down the days to Screen Free Week: April 29 – May 5.
Inspired by Dan Yaccarino’s “Doug Unplugged,” the story of a robot who discovers that the real world trumps the virtual, Random House is asking readers to disconnect from devices and read.
Screen Free Week is the annual celebration from the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood that encourages turning off screens and turning on life. CCFC’s Screen Free Week is a creative response to growing public health concerns about the unprecedented time children spend with entertainment screen media — television, computers, video games, and smart phones. Studies show that Preschoolers spend as much as 4.1 to 4.6 hours per day using screen media. Including multi-tasking, children 8 to 18 spend 7.5 hours per day with screens. Unplugging for one week provides an opportunity to reset media habits, establishing a healthy, sustainable tradition of media consumption in households and schools.
