.According to the California Library Association, summer reading programs help children and teens retain and enhance their reading skills over the summer and benefit adults by stimulating the brain, ...

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A challenge designed to build literacy and a love of reading among young people was successfully completed by 51 students this summer. Bermuda National Library’s youth library reading challenge “Level ...

The Oberlin Public Library hosted the Summer Reading Kickoff Fun Fest June 7 at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park, 17 E. Vine St. in Oberlin. Many community members, including children, spent time in ...

HUNTINGTON — The Cabell County Public Library held its annual Kick Off Party to officially start its summer reading program Monday. Even though the theme for this year was chosen by the Collaborative ...

LAYTON — For the librarians at the Davis County Library, reading is hardly a chore; it's a way to have fun. This summer, they're giving families a way to have the library's version of fun by playing a ...

Many academic librarians wonder how to get more students into campus libraries. At the University of Florida’s (UF) George A. Smathers Libraries in Gainesville, we’ve had success by bringing the ...

Summer for thousands of people in Ann Arbor, Mich., means scavenging for hidden codes around the city and voraciously reading books to collect points. It's part of an enormously popular game that's ...

Willard Library is kicking off its Summer Reading Program with a party on Tuesday, June 10, at the Helen Warner Branch, 36 Minges Creek Place, Battle Creek. Families can drop by between 5:30 and 7 p.m ...

You've probably seen those free book boxes around town where you can take a book or leave one, or maybe a CD by BJ Leiderman, who writes our theme music. Many of them are associated with a nonprofit ...