Dr. Allen, the creator of the Plugged-in programs, is a member of the Plugged-in Educators Ning and welcomes questions and comments. “Join the discussion!” says Plugged-in Marketing Manager Beth Eaton. “This is a great way to discuss reading and writing strategies and collaborate with teachers all over the country.” Members will also get tips on special giveaways and offers from Plugged-in.

Prince Frederick, MD – May 7, 2009 – Recorded Books, publisher of Dr. Janet Allen’s Plugged-in to Reading and Plugged-in to Nonfiction, recently announced its first two Plugged-in Teachers of the Month, Brent Yoder and Amy Beyer of South Bend, Indiana. Each month, educators will be featured as the Teachers of the Month at the Plugged-in Educators’ Ning at http://pluggedineducators.ning.com. Yoder and Beyer, the first educators chosen for this new monthly feature, will host discussions, answer questions, and share experiences about Plugged-in programs and literacy during the month of May.

Yoder and Beyer were chosen as Plugged-in Teachers of the Month because of their great success promoting literacy in their classrooms. “Brent and Amy are wonderful teachers and we’re glad to have them as part of the Plugged-in family,” Beth Eaton, marketing manager for Plugged-in Products said. Yoder is encouraged by how Plugged-in has motivated his at-risk students: “Struggling readers? Maybe, but they are engaged and willing to take risks. It’s wonderful to see the change in them from the beginning of the year.” Beyer loves using Plugged-in with struggling readers, citing how her students “talk about The Skin I’m In all year long! The Lottery Rose encourages the students to discuss personal issues. They inspire students to read other books by the author during their independent reading time.”

Yoder has been using Plugged-in to Reading with his 8th graders at Jackson Intermediate Center for two years and has become a respected team leader. He works with Explorers, an intensive program focusing on helping at-risk students achieve success. For both the 2007-08 and 2008-09 school years, Yoder was chosen by his peers as Jackson Intermediate Center teacher of the year. Beyer used Plugged-in to Reading in her 7th grade classroom from 2006-2008 and was named 2006-07 teacher of the year at Jackson Intermediate Center. This year she accepted a position as 5th grade curriculum leader at Dickinson Fine Arts Academy, where she is in charge of identifying students who need additional literacy support. Beyer was recently named 2008-09 Teacher of the Year at Dickinson Fine Arts Academy. Both Yoder and Beyer are also South Bend Community School Corporation Top Ten Teachers for 2008-09.

To follow Yoder and Beyer during their time as Plugged-in Teachers of the Month and find out more about the Plugged-in Programs, visit http://pluggedineducators.ning.com/ and http://www.pluggedintononfiction.com.

2009 Plugged-in Literacy Workshop Dates Announced

Prince Frederick, MD—April 20, 2009—Dates for the 2009 Plugged-in Literacy Workshop featuring Dr. Janet Allen, creator of the Plugged-in Programs, have been announced as June 25 and 26. Charlotte County Public Schools will host the conference at Port Charlotte High School in Port Charlotte, Florida.

The Plugged-in Literacy Workshop is a continuation of the Plugged-in to Reading Literacy institute put on each year by Recorded Books and Dr. Allen to provide professional development for teachers, focusing on literacy instruction and adolescent literacy. During the workshop, Dr. Allen will deliver daily keynote speeches to motivate teachers for the coming school year, while a team of classroom hand-selected teachers will facilitate workshops and model what best-practice research looks like in the classroom. Teachers will also receive step-by-step instructions on preparing lesson plans to meet students’ specific needs.

Kym Sheehan, Secondary Schools Curriculum and Instruction Specialist for Charlotte County Public Schools, attended the 2008 Literacy Workshop in Orlando, Florida. “It was truly an awesome experience and I loved all of it!” she said, adding that she was excited to share what she’d learned at the workshop with teachers in her district. A Special Services teacher in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, also attended the 2008 workshop. “What a great conference! We were so excited as we flew back to Sioux Falls to begin working,” She says, sharing that she and colleagues were so inspired that they ended up leaving the plane with a set of lessons already in the works.

For more information on the workshop, please visit http://pluggedinworkshop.ning.com/. For more on Dr. Janet Allen’s Plugged-in programs, see http://www.pluggedintnonfiction.com and http://www.pluggedintoreading.com. Plugged-in to Reading and Plugged-in to Nonfiction use high-interest texts and Janet’s proven scaffolding and teaching techniques for adolescent literacy instruction.

About Recorded Books: Recorded Books, a Haights Cross Communications company, produces and distributes unabridged audiobooks and other audio products for schools and libraries, in CD, cassette and Playaway formats. Over 7,000 titles are available for children, young adults, and adults, narrated by professional, award-winning actors. Recorded Books also publishes and distributes SmartPass Audio Guides to Shakespeare and Dr. Janet Allen’s Plugged-in to Reading. Packaging is designed for high circulation. One-year warranty, cataloging, processing, and free marc records are available. For more information, visit www.recordedbooks.com.

About Haights Cross Communications: Founded in 1997 and based in White Plains, NY, Haights Cross is a leading developer and publisher of products for the kindergarten through twelfth grade, or K-12, supplemental education, library, and medical education markets. Haights Cross imprints include: Sundance/Newbridge Educational Publishing (Northborough, MA), Triumph Learning (New York, NY), Buckle Down Publishing (Iowa City, IA), Options Publishing (Merrimack, NH), Recorded Books (Prince Frederick, MD), and Oakstone Publishing (Birmingham, AL). For more information, visit www.haightscross.com

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RECORDED BOOKS TO RELEASE PLUGGED-IN TO NONFICTION—THE LATEST EXTENSION OF DR. JANET ALLEN’S PLUGGED-IN TO READING

Prince Frederick, MD – November 1st, 2007 – This winter, Recorded Books will be releasing Plugged-in to Nonfiction, the latest extension of Dr. Janet Allen’s literacy program Plugged-in to Reading, which is used in classrooms nationwide.

Plugged-in to Nonfiction is a non-textbook nonfiction reading program for secondary schools based in authentic literature and created by Dr. Janet Allen, an expert in adolescent literacy. The program uses high-interest books to teach effective strategies that students can transfer to content area textbook comprehension. Students are supported by audio and a variety of additional tools that reflect the text-types and structures they encounter in tests and the real world.

“With Plugged-in to Nonfiction, we are offering schools a whole new set of tools to teach students how to break down and comprehend nonfiction texts,” says William DeLamater, Director of Recorded Books’ school division. “Teachers are given the support needed to motivate students and move them from teacher-directed instruction, to peer-supported learning, to independent reading. Meanwhile, the students are provided with the instructional scaffolding necessary to master all of the essential reading and writing skills taught in the program.”

For more details on Plugged-in to Nonfiction visit www.pluggedintoreading.com/nonfiction. To speak with sales support, please call Karen Stone at 1-800-638-1304 ext. 1410.

ABOUT RECORDED BOOKS: Recorded Books, a Haights Cross Communications company, is the largest producer of unabridged audiobooks for K-12 schools. Thousands of titles are available and are narrated by professional, award-winning actors. Recorded Books also publishes and distributes Dr. Janet Allen’s Plugged-in to Reading, a research-based literacy program for middle and high schools based in high-interest, authentic literature. Each level includes everything needed to implement the program. All packaging is designed for high circulation. For more information on Recorded Books, please visit www.recordedbooks.com. For more information on Plugged-in to Reading, please visit www.pluggedintoreading.com.

ABOUT HAIGHTS CROSS COMMUNICATIONS: Founded in 1997 and based in White Plains, NY, Haights Cross Communications is a premier educational and library publisher dedicated to creating the finest books, audio products, periodicals, software and online services, serving the following markets: K-12 supplemental education, public library and school publishing, audiobooks, and medical continuing-education publishing. Haights Cross companies include Sundance/Newbridge Educational Publishing (Northborough, MA), Triumph Learning (New York, NY), Buckle Down Publishing (Iowa City, IA), Options Publishing (Merrimack, NH), Recorded Books (Prince Frederick, MD), and Oakstone Publishing (Birmingham, AL). For more information, visit www.haightscross.com.

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Click for a title list for Plugged-in to Nonfiction Grades 4-5!

Prince Frederick, MD – October 2, 2008 – Recorded Books announces the upcoming release of its newest reading and writing program, Dr. Janet Allen’s Plugged-in to Nonfiction for grades 4-5. Levels 1-3 of the program, developed for grades 5-12, have already been successfully implemented in over 1,200 classrooms across the country.

Plugged-in to Nonfiction Grades 4-5 includes a collection of high-interest texts and audiobooks for students who struggle with fluency and pronunciation. The program is designed to help students develop the necessary skills to tackle nonfiction text found on standardized tests and in real world situations. Each lesson teaches effective strategies such as monitoring understanding, activating background knowledge, and identifying and using content/specialized vocabulary.

“We hope that by offering a variety of scaffolds, students will read a greater quantity of books and more difficult texts,” says Vice President Donna Carnahan, Executive Editor for Recorded Books. “We want to help teachers beat the ‘4th-grade slump.’”

The collection of titles in Plugged-in to Nonfiction includes the International Reading Association’s Children’s Book Award winner My Freedom Trip and best-selling favorites like Hana’s Suitcase, The Daring Book for Girls and Horrible Science: Angry Animals. The program will be officially released in January 2009, but Recorded Books is accepting orders now. For more information, please contact Karen Stone at 1-800-638-1304 x1410 or kstone @ recordedbooks.com.

Recorded Books Contact:
Beth Eaton: 800-638-1304 x1122
270 Skipjack Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678
beth @ pluggedintoreading.com

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ABOUT RECORDED BOOKS: Recorded Books, a Haights Cross Communications company, is the largest producer of unabridged audiobooks for K-12 schools. Thousands of titles are available and are narrated by professional, award-winning actors. Recorded Books also publishes and distributes Dr. Janet Allen’s Plugged-in to Reading, a research-based literacy program for middle and high schools based in high-interest, authentic literature and Plugged-in to Nonfiction, based on a variety of nonfiction texts. Each level includes everything needed to implement the program. All packaging is designed for high circulation. For more information on Recorded Books, please visit www.recordedbooks.com. For more information on Plugged-in to Reading and Plugged-in to Nonfiction, please visit www.pluggedintoreading.com.

ABOUT HAIGHTS CROSS COMMUNICATIONS: Founded in 1997 and based in White Plains, NY, Haights Cross Communications is a premier educational and library publisher dedicated to creating the finest books, audio products, periodicals, software and online services, serving the following markets: K-12 supplemental education, public library and school publishing, audiobooks, and medical continuing-education publishing. Haights Cross companies include Sundance/Newbridge Educational Publishing (Northborough, MA), Triumph Learning (New York, NY), Buckle Down Publishing (Iowa City, IA), Options Publishing (Merrimack, NH), Recorded Books (Prince Frederick, MD), and Oakstone Publishing (Birmingham, AL). For more information, visit www.haightscross.com.

Safe Harbor Statement: This press release contains forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “potential,” and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties. These risks, uncertainties, and other factors may cause our actual results, performances, or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from our forward-looking statements include, among others, changes in external market factors, changes in our business or growth strategy, or an inability to execute our strategy due to changes in our industry or the economy generally, the emergence of new or growing competitors and various other competitive factors. In light of these risks and uncertainties, there can be no assurance that the events and circumstances described in forward-looking statements contained in this press release will in fact occur. You should read this press release completely and with the understanding that our actual results may be materially different from what we expect. We will not update these forward-looking statements, even though our situation may change in the future. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.