summer of reading

Jim Ramsey can do it all. He reads in English, Spanish and French, sings and acts out scenes from books. His audience is kids mostly under the age of 5. Ramsey coordinates a kids’ storytime program at the Ford Warren branch of the Denver Public Library, 2825 High St., which meets Mondays and Fridays during the school year. In summer, the group only meets once a week and it becomes one part of Denver Public Library‘s Summer of Reading program. “It’s that interaction, that live performance,” Ramsey said. “I really do like to do a lot of acting out,” For the past 85 years, Denver Public Library has done Summer of Reading, which encourages children to read throughout the summer and gives them prizes when they bring back evidence that they read a certai...