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Leap off the page with our family program for young readers.

StoryWalk, Washington County Public Librarys free, book-inspired literacy-boosting project for Abingdon and Damascus, dismantles illustrated children’s books and displays them, page by page, along an outdoor walking route.

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New deals for Adib Khorram, Rita Feinstein, Naseem Jamnia, Abby Cooper, and others.

Column: 9 kids books about nature to read right now Lauren Daley I wrote last week on observing the beauty around us.  This week, I want to bring that lens to kids’ books.  I was lucky enough, growing up in SouthCoast in the ‘80s and ‘90s, to have plenty of woods and fields to play in, and stacks of real books to read at home. Maybe you were this lucky, too. But it’s easy for a generation born with a tablet and endless scrolling at tiny fingertips to forget (or never learn) the thri...

6 farms offering fun things to do this winter Bundle up and pack the snowshoes, hot cocoa, and everything you need for s’mores. You’ve got places to be. By Diane Bair and Pamela Wright Globe Correspondent,Updated January 21, 2021, 12:48 p.m. Email to a Friend Smiling Hill FarmHandout The harvest is over, the machinery is in the barn, and the animals are huddled. It’s winter down on the farm, a hushed, sleepy time when the gardens rest under ice-tinged, snowy blankets. But thereâ...