Grace Lin returns to Providence this Thursday as the featured storyteller at Kidoinfo Storytime in Burnside Park. A RISD graduate who once dreamed of becoming a figure skater, Grace has authored and illustrated an incredible range of children’s stories. In Fortune Cookie Fortunes Grace explores everyday occurrences through the predictions of fortune cookies—when little sister [...]
People are reading books more and more on Kindles, ipads and smartphones. The big bookseller chain, Borders is going out of business. What does this mean for books, authors, illustrators and the remaining book stores? I shudder to think. My family loves real books; holding them, touching the paper, looking at the illustrations and typefaces how they were designed and looking at the book spines lined up on our bookshelf. We love visiting and supporting our local book sellers whenever possible.
Families bring a blanket and enjoy different weekly storytellers under the trees near the fountain in Burnside Park. Kidoinfo will feature at least one book each Tuesday morning from a local Rhode Island author or illustrator (see list below).
Kidoinfo Providence Story Time
Thursdays, July – August
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Rain/Heat location: Providence Public Library
How do we raise our children to be thinkers and doers and to care about the world around them? I invited five community-minded parents and the community to share resources and ideas at AS220 on May 25, 2011.
Some of the ideas discussed; Tell stories and read to your children about people with different experiences and from different cultures, teach them to be socially responsible by being a role model—sometimes it is the simple everyday things we do such as where and what we shop and how we treat our neighbors that teaches our children to care about the world around them.
If you missed the conversation, join in now. Watch the video, pick a CMK field guide…
Every June 11th people around the world wear a red cap in honor of Jacques Yves Cousteau, who inspired people of all ages to love and protect the ocean.
ManfishCap Rouge Day was first celebrated in 2010, on what would have been the 100th birthday of Jacques Cousteau. Jacques Yves Cousteau was probably the single most influential ocean personality during the last 100 years bringing the wonders, mysteries and fascination of the marine environment to the attention of a broad, world wide public.
