The Summer Reading Program, sponsored by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services (OLIS), is a cooperative effort among the public libraries in Rhode Island to promote reading during the summer school vacation. The program encourages reading for pleasure, the development of positive attitudes about the public library, and provides constructive activities during [...]
Review by Katy Killilea Graphs, pie charts, and Venn diagrams — who knew they could be so hilarious? I am so grateful to have been introduced to Jessica Hagy’s blog Indexed, which makes me laugh and helps me think, and ridicules many of the things that have been asking for it, including: magnifying mirrors, overbearing [...]
Free Comic Book Day happens every year on the first Saturday in May when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books FREE* to anyone who comes into their stores. *For more information visit freecomicbookday.com. Local Participating Shops Rah-Coco’s – 152 West Park Street, Providence, RI (401) 861-3221 [...]
The human connection with nature is innate and fleeting. To catch this connection—to catch this moment–philosophers tend to say, “Carpe Diem!” Seize the Day! This is the message Cynthia Rylant’s poetic story All in a Day embraces. All in a Day traces a day in the life of a child steward, as he tends to a garden [...]
Four Rhode Island authors featured in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Power Moms A writing coach, a naturopathic doctor, a talk-radio host, and a yoga teacher might not be the first people you think of when you hear the term “power mom,” but four Rhode Island women (including Kidoinfo writer, Erin Barrette Goodman), all contributors [...]
