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Lugemispesa title by Made Pandis.
Lugemispesa logo by Kadi Künnapuu.
“Technical drawings” of literacy as a tool and the various functions of literacy (all the
wonderful things that can be done with this tool), are brought together by an environment
which supports literacy at kindergarten, school and home. This environment becomes
special and motivating when a reading nest is created in it. Unique to Estonia, but also
acclaimed in other countries, reading nests are integrated literacy centres, aspects of
which are described in more detail in this book.
The authors hope that with a little help from this book we can attract more and more
children to literacy and infect them with love for books in an enjoyable manner. All of us
need literacy in everyday life, yet there is much more to it: a person for whom reading
becomes a hobby, is able to travel in time and place, live several lives and learn from the
experience of the others. Enjoyment of reading lasts throughout life and sustains the idea
of life-long learning.
