Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker

Delaware News



  Category: Delaware Libraries


Delaware Announces Option for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Bilingual Book Collection

Delaware Libraries | Governor John Carney | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Monday, June 10, 2024

WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney, First Spouse Tracey Quillen Carney, and the Delaware Libraries on Monday announced that a bilingual English/Spanish book collection option will soon be available for Delaware families. “There is nothing more important than ensuring our children learn to read by third grade so they can read to learn for the rest […]




Winners Announced in DNREC’s Haiku Poetry Contest

Delaware Libraries | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Featured Posts | News | Date Posted: Saturday, June 8, 2024

Winners of DNREC’s haiku poetry contest announced




Delaware Forest Service Partners with Delaware Libraries to Promote Smokey Bear Reading Challenge

Delaware Libraries | Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Wednesday, January 3, 2024

The challenge is geared towards children ages 4 through 10, but all ages are welcome to join. The Smokey Bear Reading Challenge aims to engage youth in reading about wildfire prevention, forests, and natural resource careers while they explore their local environment.




Governor Carney and First Lady Tracey Quillen Carney Recognize September as Literacy Month in Delaware

Civil Division | Delaware Libraries | Department of Education | Department of State | Governor John Carney | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Literacy Month is intended to recognize the extensive efforts of literacy partners to promote reading as an essential skill and a lifelong pleasure.




Delaware Division of the Arts Secures National Funding for Delaware Creative Aging Program

Delaware Division of the Arts | Delaware Health and Social Services | Delaware Libraries | Department of State | Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities | Governor John Carney | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Office of the Governor | Office of the Lieutenant Governor | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, August 3, 2023

Wilmington, Del. (August 3, 2023) – The Delaware Division of the Arts recently secured new funding from a national grant program to advance creative aging programs for adults aged 55+ in Delaware. Building upon the transformative success of the Leveraging State Investments in Creative Aging program, which catalyzed arts learning opportunities for adults aged 55+ […]







  Category: Delaware Libraries

Delaware Announces Option for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Bilingual Book Collection

Delaware Libraries | Governor John Carney | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Monday, June 10, 2024

WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney, First Spouse Tracey Quillen Carney, and the Delaware Libraries on Monday announced that a bilingual English/Spanish book collection option will soon be available for Delaware families. “There is nothing more important than ensuring our children learn to read by third grade so they can read to learn for the rest […]




Winners Announced in DNREC’s Haiku Poetry Contest

Delaware Libraries | Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Featured Posts | News | Date Posted: Saturday, June 8, 2024

Winners of DNREC’s haiku poetry contest announced




Delaware Forest Service Partners with Delaware Libraries to Promote Smokey Bear Reading Challenge

Delaware Libraries | Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Date Posted: Wednesday, January 3, 2024

The challenge is geared towards children ages 4 through 10, but all ages are welcome to join. The Smokey Bear Reading Challenge aims to engage youth in reading about wildfire prevention, forests, and natural resource careers while they explore their local environment.




Governor Carney and First Lady Tracey Quillen Carney Recognize September as Literacy Month in Delaware

Civil Division | Delaware Libraries | Department of Education | Department of State | Governor John Carney | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Literacy Month is intended to recognize the extensive efforts of literacy partners to promote reading as an essential skill and a lifelong pleasure.




Delaware Division of the Arts Secures National Funding for Delaware Creative Aging Program

Delaware Division of the Arts | Delaware Health and Social Services | Delaware Libraries | Department of State | Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities | Governor John Carney | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Office of the Governor | Office of the Lieutenant Governor | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, August 3, 2023

Wilmington, Del. (August 3, 2023) – The Delaware Division of the Arts recently secured new funding from a national grant program to advance creative aging programs for adults aged 55+ in Delaware. Building upon the transformative success of the Leveraging State Investments in Creative Aging program, which catalyzed arts learning opportunities for adults aged 55+ […]