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Reading out loud to children
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The Amazing Benefits of Reading Out Loud to Children, Audiobooks Included!

Reading aloud anything—a picture book, a comic book, a fairy tale, books about insects, anything your child is interested in—will yield benefits, including for our neurodiverse and non-English speaking listeners.

1000 books before kindergarten

1,000 Books to a Love of Reading

The Library’s 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program proves that creating a lifelong love of reading can be as easy as 4 books per week.

Books to gift

Great Books to Gift

When it comes to gift-buying, think of books! They can be read again and again and offer plenty of opportunities for family time. Here are suggestions for great books to gift to the young readers in your life: Birth – Preschool “Luli and the Language of Tea” by Andrea Wang – Five-Year-Old Chinese immigrant Luli…

Alice Santana
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Q&A with Alice Santana, Straz Center for the Performing Arts Vice President of Education and Community Engagement

Alice Santana talks about the transformational power of the performing arts and how she balances parenting with her rewarding career.

art with kids
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Great Places to Experience Art with Kids: St. Pete Edition

With its beautiful art district and tons of artist spaces, St. Pete is the perfect place to explore Fine Arts with your kids.

coffee dates with the fun foodie mama

Hey, mama! Tampa Bay blogger hosts coffee meet ups for moms

Hey, Mama. Let’s Talk. It’s been very therapeutic to host these coffee dates and explore different shops around Tampa Bay.