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Rhea Perlman Offers Tips for Making Reading 'Fun' During Annual Reading Is Fundamental Week
    LOS ANGELES, May 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Actress and children's
author Rhea Perlman is helping to celebrate children's literacy during
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) Week, May 6-12, by providing her own tips for
making reading fun for children.
    Perlman, the mother of three children and author of the Otto Undercover
book series, offered the following advice to help parents encourage their
children's reading:
    -- Have fun reading. If you enjoy reading, your children will more likely
       enjoy it too ... like sports or music.
    -- Reading is a life skill, so encourage your children to read everywhere
       ... signs on the road, names of stores, menus in restaurants, cereal
       boxes, and recipes you and your child cook together.
    -- Let your children read anything interesting or fun, such as riddles and
       jokes, amazing fact books, weird nature and science books, comic books,
       and magazines.
    -- Don't expect too much at once. Allow your children to progress at their
       own speed. Understand that reading can be a difficult skill for some
       kids and they won't learn faster if it becomes a chore.

    "Few causes are as important as children's literacy," said Perlman,
this year's honorary RIF Week chairwoman. "RIF Week is a great time to
celebrate reading and recognize how fundamental it is to helping children
achieve success in school and life."
    "During RIF Week, we salute the hundreds of thousands of volunteers who
create fun and exciting book distributions and literacy activities to help
motivate millions of children to discover the joy of reading," said Carol
H. Rasco, president and CEO of RIF. "Research has shown that when children
read for fun they are more likely to do well in school."
    To hear more from Rhea Perlman and for a list of ways to help promote
children's literacy in your community, please visit http://www.rif.org.
    About RIF
    Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. (RIF), founded in 1966, motivates children
to read by working with them, their parents, and community members to make
reading a fun and beneficial part of everyday life. RIF's highest priority
is reaching underserved children from birth to age 8. Through community
volunteers in every state and U.S. territory, RIF provides 4.5 million
children with 16 million new, free books and literacy resources each year.
For more information and to access reading resources, visit RIF's website
at http://www.rif.org.
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