The Library of Congress was established on April 24, 1880.

Reading Tip #1: Reading Aloud is for ALL Ages!

It's a common misconception that reading aloud is only beneficial for younger children, particularly those in elementary school. In reality, reading aloud offers advantages across all age groups, including adolescents and adults. All age groups mean infants, toddlers, children, middle and high school students.

Research has shown endless benefits of reading aloud to all age groups in both home and school settings: Stronger vocabularies, higher critical thinking skills, higher academic achievement, better problem-solving skills, and more.

It is NOT TOO LATE to start reading aloud to your child(ren) or students!

Source: Jim Trelase's Read-Aloud Handbook by Cyndi Giorgis (2019)

Reading Tip #2: Why Re-reading or Re-reading Aloud is Possibly the Best Reading

Source: https://readaloudrevival.com/141/

Reading Tip #3: Read 20 minutes DAILY!

Fun Library Fact #1:

The Joanina Library at the University of Coimbra in Portugal has a number of bats in residency, but no one is calling for an exterminator. The bats prey on insects that could damage book pages. Staff drape tables with coverings overnight and clean up the guano in the morning.

Source: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/578801/library-facts

Fun Library Fact #2:

Arturo Schomburg was born on January 24, 1874. He was a Puerto Rican of African and German descent.

His fifth-grade teacher told him that Black culture lacked a noteworthy history. This became his life's passion: collect books, letters, music, and art from Africa and the African diaspora and bring to light the achievements of people of African descent. When his collection became so large that it threatened to overflow his house, he turned to the New York Public Library.

Fun Library Fact #3: Dewey, the small town library cat who touched the world.

Vicki Myron was a single mother who had survived the loss of her family farm and an alcoholic husband. But her biggest challenge as the new head librarian in Spencer, Iowa, was to raise the spirits of a small, out-of-the-way town mired deep in the farm crisis of the 1980s. Then, on the coldest morning of the year, Vicki found a tiny, bedraggled kitten almost frozen to death in the night drop box, and her life—and the town of Spencer—was never the same. Dewey, as the townspeople named the kitten, grew into a strutting, affable library cat whose antics kept patrons in stitches, and whose sixth sense about those in need created hundreds of deep and loving friendships. As his fame grew, people drove hundreds of miles to meet Dewey, and he even ended up in a hit television documentary…in Japan! Through it all, Dewey remained a loyal companion, a beacon of hope not just for Vicki Myron, but for the entire town of Spencer as it slowly, steadily pulled itself up from the worst financial crisis in its long history.

Source: https://www.deweyreadmorebooks.com/