by Linda Hughes | Jul 28, 2026 | Blog, Blog 2026, Organization Updates, Statistics
Nineteen years. That’s how long one of our book sorting volunteers had gone without putting any time of sign in her yard. In May, she finally took one home — ours. When we asked why, she said: “I can be neutral on most issues, but not literacy.”...
by Linda Hughes | Mar 2, 2026 | Blog, Blog 2026, Children's Development, Literacy at Home, Organization Updates
My reading identity was forged on Saturday mornings at the public library, where my mom dropped me off while she ran errands, and under the covers at night, reading Ramona and Her Mother, imagining what my mom would do if I squirted a whole tube of toothpaste into the...
