The Granite State Council 
Of the International Reading Association 
Don’t Take Reading & Writing for Granite! 
Volume IIII Issue II January 2008 
Visit us at 
www.granitestatecouncil.org 
Questions about 
membership? 
Contact 
sbachelder@earthlink.net 
Clowning Around With 
Literacy- 
Want to help out? 
Please volunteer!!! 
Call Edie Perkins 
226-4219 
edithperkins@comcast.net 
CHECK OUT THESE 
WEBSITES: 
www.reading.writing.org 
If you’re into multiple 
intelligences try this 
awesome site: 
www.surfaquarium.org 
President 
Cheryl Farnsworth 
President Elect 
Edie Perkins 
Past President 
Deb Wiswell 
Vice President 
Celia Goyette 
Secretary 
Karen Dow 
Treasurer 
Chris Roderick 
IRA Coordinator 
Jacqueline Verville 
SAVE THE DATE… 
SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2008 
GRANITE STATE READING COUNCIL WILL HOST: 
“CLOWNING AROUND WITH 
LITERACY!” 
A FESTIVAL FOR FAMILIES 
PROMOTING READING, 
FUN, GAMES, ACTIVITIES 
AND FREE BOOKS! 
. SIMPLICITY THE CLOWN 
. STORY TIME 
. A FESTIVAL OF LITERACY 
COME CELEBRATE LITERACY 
AND ENCOURAGE A LOVE OF READING WITH 
OTHER FAMILIES IN ATTENDANCE. 

Dear Friends, 
Happy New Year! Hard to believe that another year has flown by! But what a lot of exciting things are 
coming our way in 2008. Be sure to mark your calendars for our April Literacy Festival—it promises to 
be exciting, educational, and best of all, tailor made to reach children and families to promote a life-long 
love of reading! Stay tuned to our website, (www.granitestatecouncil.org), for other literacy-themed 
events being held around the state by our Local Councils. For example, Pond & Peak Council will be 
sponsoring an evening with Allen Wolf on March 12th at Newfound High School. (Watch the website for 
details.) Speaking of local councils, I want to be sure to offer hearty congratulations to the Seacoast 
Council (40 years) and the North Country Council (15 years) for achieving milestone anniversaries with 
the International Reading Association in the fall of 2007. 
I would also like to congratulate one of our Executive Board members, Donna Ciocca for the time and 
hard work she put into the presidential primary campaign for Hillary Clinton. No matter which candidate 
that you decide to vote for in this very important election year, getting our voices out to any and all of the 
candidates about our concerns over NCLB and literacy education is the responsibility of us all. So, a big 
thank you to Donna and the rest of you out there. (If you are like me, you probably breathed a sigh of 
relief on January 9th, as your phone quit ringing off the hook for the first time in 6 months!) 
Don’t forget to take time out for yourselves this beautiful snowy winter and curl up with a good book! 
Cheryl Farnsworth 
Granite State Reading Council 
GSRC/IRA 
11 Ridge Road 
Meredith, NH 03253 
Non-Profit Org. 
U.S. Postage 
PAID 
Tilton, NH 03276 
Permit No. 56 
www.granitestatecouncil.org