Famous Short Story

Thrive Hempstead County, an organization whose purpose is to improve conditions for the county's 20,065 citizens, gathered on the first floor of UAHT's Hempstead Hall Monday at 5:30 p.m. to develop ways to carry out its Five Year Plan. The organization's five-year plan was released in 2020. Its making, according to a preface written by then Hope Mayor Steve Montgomery, included the work of 100 volunteers from the community. Concentrating on the sectors of Education, Quality of Life, Tourism, Public Projects and Economic Development, the goals for each sector are divided into tiers, with Tier 1 goals being "immediate goals that can be quickly accomplished with existing resources and personnel, Tier 2 goals being "short term goals that require some time, involve reaching out to other entities, and securing commitments and/or funding from public/private resources" and Tier 3 goals being "long term goals that require a large scale effort ove...

Around the world, the fight for climate action will also be a battle for food sovereignty, racial justice, and gender equality. A new documentary by James Beard Award-winning activist and New York Times bestselling writer Raj Patel, "The Ants and the Grasshopper," tells this story through the journey of Anita Chitaya, a small farmer and local leader in the village of Bwabwa, Malawi. Like many other villages in developing countries, Bwabwa is heavily impacted by the climate emergency. The nearby river is running dry, and rains only come three times a year. Each day it takes longer for women to collect water from the boreholes. But Chitaya's work has successfully helped to restore depleted soils and decrease child nutrition in her community—all while fighting against the patriarchy for gender equality. The film follows Chitaya's greatest challenge: persuading Americans that climate change is real. She travels from Malawi to California to the White House, m...

Almost Midnight Rainbow Rowell, Simini Blocker (illustrator) Macmillan Children's Books 2017, 161p eBook from my local library/BorrowBox Blurb {from the publisher/Goodreads.com}: Midnights is the story of Noel and Mags, who meet at the same New Year's Eve party every year and fall a little more in love each time . . . Kindred Spirits is about Elena, who decides to queue to see the new Star Wars movie and meets Gabe, a fellow fan. Midnights was previously published as part of the My True Love Gave to Me anthology, edited by Stephanie Perkins and Kindred Spirits was previously published as a World Book Day title. Brief blurb for some brief stories! I'm an unabashed Rainbow Rowell fan – I've read all of her full length titles and it was only this and  Pumpkinheads that has eluded me so far so when I spotted this scrolling through one of the apps my library uses to lend eBooks and audiobooks, I knew I had to snatch it up. There are times when y...

Share on Pinterest Illustration by Alyssa Kiefer We include products we think are useful for our readers. If you buy through links on this page, we may earn a small commission. Here's our process. When children and teenagers see characters they relate to having human experiences just like them, it can help them see they're not alone. In some cases, this can be the first step on the road to healing. Storytelling with the purpose of healing is known as bibliotherapy. According to 2018 research , bibliotherapy was found to be significantly more effective at reducing depression and anxiety symptoms in children and adolescents when compared with a control. It was especially effective for adolescents with depressive symptoms. And family reading isn't just for littles. Child psychologist and children's book author Frank Sileo, PhD, uses bibliotherapy in his practice. He says all ages can benefit from it. "Books provide a safe way to talk about challenging topics and feeli...

Photo: breakermaximus (Shutterstock) Reddit's nosleep forum is a short-horror online crucible, wherein the most horrifically unsettling content is sent to the top and merely mediocre example of the macabre die an ignoble death. The conceit among the subreddit's authors and commenters is that these are all true stories (they are, uh, not, I think ), so they're all grounded in something like reality, and the commentary that follows them is often as entertaining as the tale itself. Here are some of my favorite selections. Any of them will perk you right up, should you be lying down in a dark room at night. Screenshot: reddit.com In this tale, a paranoid father barricades himself in a bunker he built on land that used to be an army base. What he finds inside is even more frightening than the world he's trying to flee. Screenshot: reddit.com Netflix recently purchased the screen rights to this multi-pa...