Library challenge encourages reading for mental health benefits

The Miami Public Library is encouraging people to read for pleasure to help improve their mental health, with a challenge to ...
Chicago Tribune

Waukegan library promotes reading to children, getting cards: ‘It helps parents and children form meaningful memories’

Though people may not readily think of their library card from the Waukegan Public Library as a vehicle to receive a discount at a local restaurant, a reduced-price theater ticket, or free entry to a ...
The Montana Standard

March is National Reading Month! Celebrate by making a habit of visiting your local library

Content by Montanans for Libraries. This March, Montana’s libraries are celebrating National Reading Month by continuing to ...
Your Observer

Little Free Library Club works to keep reading accessible in Lakewood Ranch

Since 2023, the club has built five libraries in local parks. In order to expand, volunteers and books are needed.
Detroit Free Press

Reading transforms lives and communities, say grassroots literacy advocates in Detroit

True to its name, Tindal Activity Center, home to the nonprofit Healthy Kidz Inc., has provided a healthy serving of indoor and outdoor activities this month in northwest Detroit through its Summer ...
WPXI

Summer reading event at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh nearly doubles its goal with 150K books read

PITTSBURGH — A summer reading event at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in Oakland nearly doubled its goal, with participants reading 150,000 books. The library had initially set a target of 80,000 ...
Lawrence Journal-World

Lawrence Public Library’s fifth year of ‘Booktoberfest’ events hopes to connect people to library resources, create community

Polli Kenn, a Readers’ Services Supervisor with the Lawrence Public Library (second from left), with other Readers' Services staff during the library's 2023 "Haunted Stacks" event with books and a ...