Summer reading program teams teens, younger children

Karmon Mobley-Doan, 6, left, paints a popsicle-stick American flag while her reading buddy Tiffani Garber, 13, helps her think of rhyming words for a poem during last year’s “Reading Buddies” summer program.

Karmon Mobley-Doan, 6, left, paints a popsicle-stick American flag while her reading buddy Tiffani Garber, 13, helps her think of rhyming words for a poem during last year’s “Reading Buddies” summer program. Photo by Kelley McCall.

By Angie Hutschrieder

Thursday, May 12, 2011

For the second year, Missouri River Regional Library is preparing for Reading Buddies, a summer program that pairs teen mentors with youths enrolled in kindergarten through second-grade summer school.

And they are seeking involvement from area teens.

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Reading Buddies is a program that pairs a mentor and student together for reading and activities for one hour a week for eight weeks this summer. Teen mentors can ....

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