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First Book provides access to new books for children in need. To date, First Book has distributed more than 90 million books and educational resources to programs and schools serving children from low-income families throughout the United States and Canada. First Book is transforming the lives of children in need and elevating the quality of education by making new, high-quality books available on

To instill a love of reading in children, dozens of programs have sprouted up around the country that have young children reading to dogs. The canine comfort melts the anxiety that sometimes thwarts progress with reading. Have a child who is scared of making mistakes?  Reading With Rover, Paws to Read, Sit. Stay. Read! are some of the programs where that self-consciousness vanishes with the loyal,

My friend Linda has only recently discovered Gene’s work. She has been talking with her colleagues about mid-life transitions, and what it is going to mean for us as women. As she told me about her musings on this topic, I quickly went to the back of my Honda and handed her copies of Gene’s two books, The Creative Age and The Mature Mind. She couldn’t believe that I had material