Publishing Solutions Group

PSG Reads

PSG Reads is a volunteer initiative developed by Publishing Solutions Group President and CEO Lori Becker. Publishing Solutions Group is an educational development company that provides editorial, production, and art and design services to K-12 textbook publishers in a variety of subject areas. Our extensive experience with reading and language arts materials has provided us with a solid understanding of current reading processes and strategies. This experience has fueled our desire to advocate literacy in local schools. Publishing Solutions Group established PSG Reads to promote community involvement and encourage a lifelong love of reading.

PSG staff members hope to enhance the reading experience of students in the local community by reading to them and listening to them read. PSG Reads recognizes that reading aloud benefits students of all grade levels by strengthening their fluency, expression, vocabulary, and familiarity with language. PSG Reads has the following goals:

• To provide increased exposure to fluent reading
• To stimulate the students’ interest in reading and encourage them to view it as a lifelong skill
• To foster the interaction between the students and the local community
• To promote a spirit of volunteerism for the students and our staff

About our School
PSG Reads is held in conjunction with Blackstone Elementary School in the South End. It is one of several Boston Public Schools in our area. We chose to work with this school after meeting it’s Principal, Millie Ruiz-Allen. She is an amazing woman and educator and she welcomed us with open arms. With the school year right around the corner, we’re just as excited about meeting our new classes as we are about some new *green selections.* This year, our theme is *GO GREEN!* Here are a few of our fave new selections:

• George Saves the World by Lunchtime by Jo Readman
• I Can Save the Earth!: One Little Monster Learns to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle by Alison Inches
• Michael Recycle by Ellie Bethel
• The World Came to My Place Today by Jo Readman