https://hunewsservice.com Your Neighborhood. Your Nation. Your News! Mon, 03 Mar 2025 03:50:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://hunewsservice.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/cropped-407787_352128264798897_1461219382_n-1-32x32.jpg https://hunewsservice.com 32 32 https://hunewsservice.com/news/free-books-program-changes-children/ Sun, 11 Mar 2018 16:28:43 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/uncategorized/free-books-program-changes-children/ Families say effort accelerates learning, creates appreciation for reading   Kia Daniels said the Books from Birth program has certainly benefitted her18-month-old son, Talid, who’s been receiving the books since birth.  Talib gets excited every month when a new book comes for him in the mail, she said.  Photo Courtesy Kia Daniels WASHINGTON— Nicholas Leathers, a 24-year-old records examiner analyst, recently sat in the children’s section of a Washington public library reading to his 2-year-old cousin, Riley.  On its face, nothing particularly significant.   After all, for many kids, the library is a place to go find their favorite book. Leathers’]]> https://hunewsservice.com/news/free-books-program-looks-to-close-literacy-gap/ Tue, 09 Feb 2016 15:18:55 +0000 http://hunewsservice.com/uncategorized/free-books-program-looks-to-close-literacy-gap/ Mayor Muriel Bowser and Councilman Charles Allen read to children at the kickoff of "Books From Birth," a new program that provides free monthly books for children under age 5. Photo by Kandace Brown, HU News Service. WASHINGTON – Young children in Washington can now receive a free book in the mail every month through “Books From Birth,” an early literacy program through the District of Columbia Public Library that will mail books to children up to age 5 in an effort to close the literacy gap among the city’s children. City Councilman Charles Allen, who began the program, said]]>