Relax & Enjoy That Holiday Novel! It’s Helping You Be a Nicer Person10 Dec 2015If you read Madame Bovary in high school, you might have thought, what’s wrong with this silly woman? If you…Read More
Giving Thanks: Our Board and Staff are Thankful for…26 Nov 2015I’m most thankful for the dedication and passion of the LKC staff and volunteers. They make the difference! -Ed Nickel, Board…Read More
How to Build a Better Book Club: Member Mix Keeps It Lively13 Nov 2015As avid readers and literacy fans, most of us have belonged or do belong to a book club – at…Read More
Family Reading Days Have Begun: Bringing Multiple Generations Together for the Joy of Reading3 Nov 2015by Lindsey Clark, AmeriCorps VISTA, Family Reading Program Coordinator What’s your biggest dream? It’s a loaded question. As I sat…Read More
Literacy KC Student Story: Kim Kline22 Oct 2015by Will Orlowski, Americorps VISTA, Ticket to Read Program Coordinator “I want to complete everything you have to offer!” – Kim Kline…Read More
Minding Our Peas and Queues: Learning English is Tricky!15 Oct 2015By Alleen VanBebber, Literacy Kansas City Board Member Remember when your baby (or friend’s baby or baby brother) began speaking…Read More
Just why do so many adults have trouble reading?6 Oct 2015Most studies of intelligence are carried out with young people. Recently, there has been growing interest in how intelligence develops,…Read More
Introducing Will Orlowski, AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer & Ticket to Read Program Coordinator24 Sep 2015The fall session of Literacy KC’s Ticket to Read (TTR) classes began September 8. As the AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer assigned…Read More
Student JeVan McCurdy’s “insanely cool” experience at Literacy Kansas City17 Sep 2015Twenty-nine-year-old JeVan McCurdy arrived at Literacy Kansas City the same way many of our students do: After he looked into…Read More
Local Author Candice Millard to Speak at Literacy for All Luncheon8 Sep 2015In honor of International Literacy Day, September 8, 2015, we are pleased to launch our new Literacy KC blog, Between…Read More