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The Poetry of Ted Kooser and More!
This week's KPR Presents features former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winner Ted Kooser, from a reading sponsored by the University of Kansas Libraries. We'll also hear the collaborative efforts of Kansas Poet Laureate Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg and singer-songwriter Kelley Hunt, in a reading performed at the Lawrence Public Library.


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Babies Need Books   Date: February 11, 2008
   Reading to children from the very first months of life has long been recognized as a way to entertain and bond with them. But research shows that it does a whole lot more. That’s why doctors in Kansas are starting to promote reading in their regular check-ups for babies and pre-schoolers. Health Reporter Bryan Thompson has more as we continue our series, “Kansas Health: A Prescription for Change”...

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   To learn more about the Reach out and Read program, visit our website at kpr.ku.edu. Just click on the “Health Series” link. That’s kpr.ku.edu.

    

   Funding for the health series is provided by the Sunflower Foundation of Topeka and the Kansas Health Foundation of Wichita.
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Reach Out and Read
Kansas Statistics (UCLA study)
complete UCLA study
news release-Kansas Health Foundation Promotes Early Learning
Kansas Chapter-American Academy of Pediatrics
Kansas Academy of Family Physicians
Kansas Action for Children - Ready or Not

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