Read Across America Week – February 24 – March 2

( L-R ) Christa Beemer, Young People’s Department Head of Dorothy Bramlage Public Library, and Konza Prairie Community Health Center’s Cat in the Hat.

Dorothy Bramlage Public Library has donated 60 Dr. Seuss book to Konza Prairie Community Health Center this week the library’s book donation program DBPL at DBPL: Donating Books to Promote Literacy.This program puts new books in the hands of members of the Geary County community to encourage reading and support literacy…”literacy empowers communities.”

The Young People’s Department Head at the Library, Christa Beemer, said the Seuss books were donated to Konza as part of the center’s celebration of “Read Across America Week, a national reading initiative centered on the March 2nd birthday of children’s author Dr. Seuss.

Reading and literacy are crucial elements of children’s well-being. According to Reach out and Read, in 2014 the American Academy of Pediatrics cited literacy promotion as an “essential component of pediatric care.”

Also in association with Read Across America Week, the library is reading to Washington Elementary School students as part of that school’s Celebrity Reader program and hosting a Dr. Seuss Author Day. The Dr. Seuss Author Day will be held at the library on Saturday ( March 2 ) from 10 – 11 a.m. and will include Dr. Seuss stories, crafts and math and science fun.

For more information on DBPL at DBPL: Donating Books to Promote Literacy or the Dr. Seuss Author Day, contact Dorothy Bramlage Public Library at 785-238-4311 or email christab@jclib.org.