Saturday program promotes reading

Six times a year, students at three elementary schools in northern Delaware particupate in the Saturday Detective Series, a program that combines reading and hands-on learning through the cooperative efforts of school librarians and the Delaware Museum of Natural History. Librarians find websites and books to complement museum programming, and museum guides bring artifacts--including live animals--related the the day's theme. Programs for the 2010-2011 school year address such themes as "Bizarre Beasts" and "Astronomy in the Night Sky."

To learn more, read the full article by Alexandra Duszak from the News Journal on Delaware Online.