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The Central Park Zoo escapee captured hearts and imaginations during his one-year romp around the city Blair Publishing; Ruben Giron Flaco the Eurasian eagle-owl flew from his enclosure in Central ...

A mobile book festival is bringing the joy of reading to Tennessee’s youngest learners. With fewer than half of third graders reading on grade level, and some schools as low as 22%, literacy remains a ...

A little owl from Upstate New York has inspired a new children’s holiday story. “The Christmas Owl,” written by Ravensbeard Wildlife Center executive director Ellen Kalish with Gideon Sterer and ...