• The Palacio Podcast
  • Immigrant Success
  • Eating Comida
  • Voices In My Head
Palacio Magazine

PBS NewsHour

Want to feel connected? There’s a book for that.

6 years ago PBS NewsHour
Share this:

The Mott Haven Public Library branch was a long city block from my public housing apartment in the South Bronx. It was there that I discovered the world outside of my neighborhood. There were incredible jungles in far off lands, castles in countries that I swore I would never visit, languages that didn’t quite look like American English, and more importantly, people that I only could wish to meet someday.

Then, my love of books was slowly replaced by the new window into the world, television. It was the 1950s and 1960s. Slowly, the more than weekly trips slowed to a mere trickle a month. It was still awesome but the rows and shelves of books couldn’t compete with Roy Rogers, Mickey Mouse Club, and gangster movies from the 1940s.

We all know that reading is still in stiff competition with television and now online and social media. The challenge for parents today, especially low-income families, is to still teach their children to read from books so that they can grow up to compete in a world where you better know how to read to survive. Knowing how to only watch a video online is not going to be enough. You still need to learn how to string together an understandable and coherent string of words that can be used to communicate effectively with another human being.

Lisa Lucas, executive director of the National Book Foundation, spoke with PBS Newshour about the power of books and how they connect us to one another.

Books Literacy Long Beach Public Library

Previous Post

Will the end of DACA prod Congress into immigration action?

Next Post

Puerto Rico faces a colossal task to rebuild

Deadline to reunite over...

5 years ago

Last school year, 4...

4 years ago

On Climate Change: Gen...

4 years ago

Immigrant teens say they...

5 years ago
Palacio Magazine
Latino Theater Company

Explore PalacioMagazine.com

  • The Palacio Podcast
  • Immigrant Success
  • Eating Comida
  • Voices In My Head

Learn About PalacioMagazine.com

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

About PalacioMagazine.com

PalacioMagazine.com is a multimedia digital platform featuring the stories of People of Color in an increasingly multicultural America. Our goal is to engage these diverse voices to inspire the exchange of creative ideas and transformative solutions.

Copyright (c) 2023. All rights reserved.
Powered by WordPress. Designed by ThemeWarrior