by Compendium News Staff | Aug 5, 2021 | Children's Services, Health Focus, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
The 2021 Pennsylvania One Book program emphasizes the importance of emotional resilience, social-emotional wellness, and healing through literacy and literature in Many Books, One Pennsylvania Community. Two booklists (for ages 0-36 months and ages 3-6) of...
by Compendium News Staff | Nov 1, 2019 | Academic Libraries, Children's Services, Grants and Other Funding Opportunities, Resources of Interest, Rural and Small Libraries, School Libraries
The National Endowment for the Arts’ (NEA) The Big Read, established in 2016, supports Americans reading and discussing a single book within their communities. Local governments, libraries, school districts, colleges and universities, and non-profit organizations are...
by Compendium News Staff | May 18, 2019 | Children's Services, Resources of Interest, School Libraries
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has launched an initiative aimed at promoting literacy by featuring prominent Pennsylvanians reading a children’s book to an at-home audience. The videos will be available through PDE’s Twitter, Facebook and YouTube...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
In 2013, Karen Payonk, Youth Services Director at the Lititz Public Library, initiated the first 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program in Lancaster County. Due to her encouragement and success stories,...
by Compendium News Staff | Oct 2, 2018 | Children's Services, Library News, Resources of Interest
Read about York County Libraries’ 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program. See another posting!