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By Melissa Radcliff, Program Director, Our Children’s Place Editor’s note: Our Children’s Place of Coastal Horizons Center is a statewide...
Jul 23, 2020
EdNC: Behind the scenes of our Latinx reporting: Building empathy and understanding through our shar
I was born in Guatemala. I grew up speaking Spanish and English, which made me quite the Spanglish baby/child/teenager (must admit, I’m...
Jul 22, 2020
Congressman John Lewis: “I love books.”
By Ginger Young, Founder and Executive Director We start this week mourning the loss of Congressman John Lewis. This is a perfect moment...
Jul 20, 2020
News release: Campaign for Grade-Level Reading Recognizes Pacesetter Communities
The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR) announced today the communities that are Pacesetters for their work during 2019 to support...
Jul 17, 2020
Graduation…in a Box!
Dear Friends, Last week, the photos and videos started rolling in — and they brought tears to my eyes. Though the pandemic prevented us...
Jul 16, 2020
Parent Chat with Wilma, episode 7/Chat de Padres y Madres con Wilma, episodio 7
Welcome to Parent Chat with Wilma, our series in which parents in our Book Babies program will share what they’re doing to keep the...
Jul 9, 2020
National Summer Learning Week
Happy readers picking up books at Grab and Go at our Rapid Response Center! It’s National Summer Learning Week — and we’re celebrating in...
Jul 9, 2020
StrongHER TogetHER’s DURHAM GIRLS SUMMER BOOK CLUB (And the author who gave us her weekend)
Editor’s note: StrongHER TogetHER is a local organization in Durham, North Carolina that is helping girls rise above stereotypes that...
Jul 2, 2020
Why Do Diverse Books Matter?
Turquoise LeJeune Parker is the Media Specialist at Durham’s Lakewood Elementary School, but her self-given title is Racial and Social...
Jun 27, 2020
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