High school Book Buddies volunteer Sierra Perkinson, right, works with third-grader Ronan Humes. The program pairs volunteer mentors with students to improve reading and comprehension skills. Photo ...

A BCSC program helping second- and third-graders improve their reading is back for the 19th year at a time when there’s been intense focus in the district and statewide in ensuring elementary school ...

Third graders at Penns Valley Elementary and Intermediate School are continuing to strengthen their literacy skills and ...

Gone are the days of reading as a solo activity. Thanks to book clubs — both virtual and in-person — online forums and of course, social media, group reading has become more and more popular. However, ...

Book Buds, a program that pairs beginning readers through the fourth grade with tween and teen volunteers in grades six and up, is keeping children reading during the summer break. Instead of having ...

Young book lovers in Verona will soon have a new place to share their favorite stories and connect with fellow readers. The Verona Public Library is launching Verona Book Buddies, ...

Gracie Filler presents the end-of-the-senester Reading Buddies book projects at the Boulder Public Library. Photo by Hattie Poole. “The middle of nowhere,” is how sophomore Gracie Filler described the ...

ROANOKE, Va. – A Roanoke non-profit is determined to help kids build reading skills regardless of what’s happening in the world around them. As an after-school program, Kids Soar focuses on ending the ...

Some of Lufkin’s youngest reading fanatics took the opportunity to expand their personal libraries on the first day of the Book Buddies of Deep East Texas distribution event on Friday. The ...