Raising a Reader

Megan Webber, program director of the Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program, interviews Suzanne Wheeler-Del Piccolo from Raising A Reader Aspen to Parachute about the upcoming Children's Arts and Literacy Festival. They are joined by Mx Red from the Glenwood Springs Library and Alex Garcia-Bernal from Garfield County Libraries.

The Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program's project coordinator, Adele Craft, speaks with guests Suzanne Wheeler and Rosa Vargas of Raising a Reader, as well as local children's book author Lisa Dancinglight and Andrea Suarez, Early Childhood Family Liaison. They discuss the importance of early literacy and bilingual education. You will also hear a special reading of the Spanish translation of Lisa's book, Magic Mountain.

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