reading

The Summer Reading Program, "Build a Better World!," will begin at the Millicent Library (45 Center St.) in Fairhaven on Wednesday, June 21.

The New Bedford Mayor’s Office today announced the launch of “New Bedford Reads,” a new literacy initiative to promote the importance of early literacy and grow a community of lifelong readers throughout the city. Spearheaded by Mayor Jon Mitchell, the initiative is developed in collaboration with community partners and Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education, and media company...

Do you enjoy nature? Do you enjoy reading? How about mixing the two together with Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust's first StoryWalk® of the year?

Maybe one of your New Year's resolutions was to read more and you haven't really stuck to it. Well, Thursday March 2nd is a great day to get back on track. National Read Across America Day is an opportunity to promote reading with children, but adults can celebrate too...

From Jan. 6 to 8, the Moby Dick Marathon will return for its 21st year at the New Bedford Whaling Museum.

Pallets of scholastic books were unloaded outside Abraham Lincoln Elementary School in New Bedford's north end Wednesday morning and presented to dozens of eager fourth graders.

Hundreds of people shipped off in search of a great white whale this weekend, but from the comfort of inside the New Bedford Whaling Museum.

This little girl is inspiring. She may not know what she wants to be when she grows up, but she's already well on her way to becoming a kind human being. Kennedy Marie Claire Zussy (she made sure I knew that she had two middle names) is only six years old...

Folks gathered at the First Unitarian Church downtown were treated to a history lesson Sunday afternoon.

OMG...Imagine a book defending the idea that literature can help us understand ourselves...LOL. The way we're using language today is certainly a departure from the deep meaning that language once connected us to.