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How Do You Organize Your Bookshelves?
Readers Write

How Do You Organize Your Bookshelves?

by Claire Wood

There are many, varied methods of organizing home libraries: decorative and colorful, aided by a digital system, bins for easy access by young readers, or cataloged by author, alphabet, or call number. What is your favorite way to organize and display your book collection? What does your preferred style say about you? […]

At Story Station events, United Through Reading provides recording equipment and a selection of picture books for military members to read and create video recordings for important children in their lives.
Shared Experience

Once Upon a Deployment: Recorded Stories Connect Military Families

by Claire Wood

Shawn Stoffel deployed to Afghanistan two weeks after his daughter Riley was born. When Shawn came home ten months later, Riley immediately knew her father’s face and voice from video recordings of bedtime stories he made before he left. United Through Reading provides recording capabilities and story books, allowing military families to continue the simple yet comforting routine of reading together, an invaluable tool for literacy and strong family bonds. […]