Books on Broadway 12 1/2 W. Broadway, Williston, does a lot more than just sell books. This locally-owned book store was ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - It was an exciting day for students in Mrs. Harrison’s class at Harrison Elementary School in Cedar Rapids. First graders opened up their first decodable book packs they’ll ...

E.A. Stonesifer of Rockville and Frank Ieardi of Laytonsville are founders of Reading is Terrific, a nonprofit organization that provides books and readers to first-graders in eight Montgomery County ...

Schoolkids outside Benton STEM Elementary School on Wednesday cheered wildly as a University of Missouri Health Care ambulance arrived and TJ hopped out to greet them. TJ, short for Truman Jr., is the ...

More than 200 first-graders, 232 to be exact, in the Pleasant Valley School District completed this year’s Booker Bear Reading Challenge. In all 93 percent of first-graders in the district ...

Almost 38,000 Iowa first grade students are slated to receive new books to take home as part of the state's ongoing literacy initiative. First grade students in public and accredited private schools ...

Incoming first-graders offered advice to students starting first grade this year. Many students said they were nervous on their first day but made friends quickly. Reading, math and making friends ...