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Is reading becoming a luxury to be enjoyed only by the privileged?

In my backyard, each spring, desert turtles emerge from their underground homes. They do so tentatively, staying close to home, gingerly venturing further each day; sometimes returning to their holes for a bit more sleep. more

By Rorie Measure | 8/12/21

An unlikely source of inspiration comes from a famous reader

Funny thing about writing a column: As you read this, you and I are having a conversation but when I write, I am alone, and my focus is extremely narrow. more

By Rorie Measure | 7/8/21

Bilingual stories bring our community together

When Alma Flor Ada first read the ancient Aztec story, “The Lizard and the Sun,” “It was not more than a paragraph in a reading textbook,” she remembers. But the tenacity of the lizard appealed to her then and stayed with her years later when grown-up author Ada began writing for children. more

By Rorie Measure | 6/10/21

Words still have almost magical power to transform the world

Stories of indigenous people preserve the “old language” that unites the human and more than human worlds, as Nalungiag, an Innuit woman, explained to ethnologist Knud Rasmussen in the early 20th century. more

By Rorie Measure | 5/13/21

Talking stories offer character in traditional tales

The Lascaux caves in southern France are the oldest known signs of storytelling. “A 36,000-year-old painting in the Chauvet cave,” according to a 2018 article in NewsArtnet, “is thought to tell the story of a volcanic eruption.” more

By Rorie Measure | 4/8/21

Research indicates readers are ‘WEIRD”

Reading helps shape the brain, according to Joseph Henrich, Harvard professor of human evolutionary biology. Development of what he calls mankind’s “collective brain” powered the evolutionary success of our earliest ancestors. more

By Rorie Measure | 3/10/21

Reading events for children kick off Feb. 19

Remember “Horton Hatches the Egg?” How about “Charlotte’s Web?” Memories of treasured stories make us smile or sigh. The stories of childhood stay with us and contribute to how we see ourselves in society. more

By RORIE MEASURE | 2/11/21

Step away from the computer and play

I live near an elementary school, and before the reign of COVID-19, I enjoyed the happy hum of children’s play emanating from the playground. Now, as I walk around my neighborhood, I rarely see or hear even one child outside at play. more

By Rorie Measure | 1/15/21

Amid ann odd holiday season, put reading first

Children’s stories used to end with, “And they lived happily ever after.” You have been making that promise come true for thousands of children in Dona Ana County one book, one child, one family at a time. more

By Rorie Measure | 12/10/20

Advice for the age of computers: rest your weary eyes

As a pandemic reshapes our lives, the Internet becomes a big part of social and school life. Our eyes are affected. For millions of children virtual learning is now their primary method of going to school. Guidelines for protecting young eyes come from American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). more

By Rorie Measure | 10/8/20

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