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  3. Summer StoryWalk Series 2024

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    A StoryWalk is a children’s book hung page by page around a park in Cambridge where families can read, walk, and talk together. Find the 8 StoryWalks in parks around the city from July 13-August 18, 2024. Did you find one? Check it out and then take a photo and share it on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter with #StoryWalkCamb.

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    Questions? ‪(617) 475-0616‬. Co-sponsored by Let’s Talk/Agenda for Children Literacy Initiative and the Center for Families; programs of the Cambridge Public Health Department and Department of Human Service Programs.

  4. Cambridge Book Bike 2024

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    Move, Let’s Eat, Let’s Read!

    Cambridge Book Bike is back this summer! The Book Bike will be at a different park on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:30-12:30 for 5 weeks. Cambridge children of all ages can pick a free book, do a craft, get a free lunch and hear stories read aloud.

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    To stay up-to-date on schedule changes or rainouts, call 617-349-4038 or follow us on Facebook.

    The Book Bike supports healthy bodies and healthy minds by visiting some of the Cambridge parks that participate in the Summer Food Program, which provides free lunches to children under 18.  

    The goal of the Book Bike is to give all children access to books to build their home library for enjoyment and learning in the summer to help prevent “summer slide”. Meeting families in the park for stories and activities, the Book Bike models that reading is fun! The program provide a wide variety of titles, topics and languages so children can find a book they want to read.  Research has shown that children read more when they select the book.  For more information:

    Why we should let kids choose their own summer reading books

    Book Bike partners include: Agenda for Children Literacy Initiative, Center for Families, and Cambridge Public Library. For more information check out the Book Bike website or contact Iris Lewis, ilewis@challiance.org, 617-475-0616.

  7. 2024 StoryWalk at Donnelly Field

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    It’s a reading adventure at Donnelly Field!  Walk around the field to read all of the pages in “Ada Twist, Scientist” and “Over in the Meadow!

    Join us on Thursday, May 16 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. for the first StoryWalk of the season, at Donnelly Field (York and Berkshire Streets).  Free English and bilingual books, activities, pizza, & entertainment by Knucklebones! For families with children 2 to 8 years old.

    Rain date is Friday, May 17. For more information, call 617-475-0616.

    Sponsored by Agenda for Children Literacy Initiative, Center for Families, and Cambridge Public Library.

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  10. Talking About Race: a virtual series for white parents raising white children (2024)

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    Thursdays, March 7, 14, 21, April 4, 11, 2024, 8:00-9:30 pm on Zoom

    For families who live or work in Cambridge with children birth to 8 years old

    Want to talk to your kids about race?  Have questions?

    • Join other parents in a 5-part virtual series, with a presentation and time for discussion each week.
    • Each session will include an activity to practice between sessions.
    • Facilitated by Melody Brazo. Sponsored by Center for Families and Let’s Talk/Agenda for Children.

    To sign up: bit.ly/TalkaboutRace2024

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    • Limited spaces available. We will send a confirmation that you have a spot in the group. 
    • Have questions or need help registering? Contact Cynthia Woodward, 617-349-6385, cwoodward@cambrigema.gov

    The Center for Families is funded by the City of Cambridge, the Coordinated Family and Community Engagement (CFCE) grant from the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (DEEC), Children’s Trust, Cambridge Public Schools, and the Cambridge Health Alliance. Let’s Talk/Agenda for Children Literacy Initiative is funded by Cambridge Public Health Department and City of Cambridge.