Besides being fun for you and your child, reading books aloud together provides many cognitive benefits. Reading aloud sharpens attention skills since children follow the inflections of your voice, take in the illustrations on the page, and decode the text. They are also simultaneously weaving those elements together to develop an understanding of the story, the characters, and how the text...
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Perseverance: Meet Astronaut Dr. Jose M. Hernandez
There are only four minimum requirements needed to apply for the NASA astronaut program:
Interview With an Author: Catherynne M. Valente
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Adult Literacy: Turning Dream Goals Into Reality
In Adult Literacy Services, our dedicated volunteers and literacy coordinators work tirelessly to help adult learners, like Jamie Ferguson, achieve their goals. This is the story of their literacy journey together.
The Dodgers and Giants: The Ongoing Saga
Coming off a World Series win in 2020, the Los Angeles Dodgers were expected to easily win the National League West Division for the ninth straight time. But, for reasons that confound many baseball experts, the Dodgers’ archnemesis, the San Francisco Giants, stubbornly hold on to first place.
Interview With an Author: Annabeth Albert
When she’s not adding to her keeper shelf, Annabeth Albert is a multi-published Pacific Northwest romance writer. Her popular LGBTQ+ romances include several fan-favorite and critically acclaimed series.
Interview With an Author: Caseen Gaines
Caseen Gaines is an author, director, educator, and popular culture historian. He holds a Master's Degree from Rutgers University in American Studies, where he focused on racial representations in popular culture.
Mountains of August Doom: Vesuvius and Krakatoa
Two of history’s most terrifying volcanic eruptions took place in August: Mount Vesuvius, on August 24-25 in 79 A.D., and Krakatoa, on August 26-27 in 1883. Each blasted colossal volumes of burning ash and rock high into the atmosphere and killed thousands of people for miles around.
Interview With an Author: Grady Hendrix
Grady Hendrix is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter living in New York City.
Interview With Zine Maker - Marlee Grace
Marlee Grace is a dancer and writer whose work focuses on the self, devotion, ritual, creativity, and art-making. Her practice is rooted in improvisation as a compositional form that takes shape in movement videos, books, quilting, online courses, and hosting artists.
Interview With an Author: Kate Moore
Kate Moore is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Radium Girls