News Release Distributed 11/19/14

BATON ROUGE, La. – Children between the ages of 3 and 8 can get in the spirit of the holidays and increase their reading skills as they enjoy a book reading and related crafts at the LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden.

All children participating in the program must be accompanied by a parent, but the event is free.

StoryTime at Burden, a program supported in part by the Junior League of Baton Rouge, will entertain the children with a family-friendly reading of “Oh, What a Christmas!” by Michael Garland.

Readings will begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Steele Burden Memorial Orangerie. Children also will be able to participate in imagination-themed activities related to the book and holiday season.

Readings and activities will begin every 30 minutes with the last reading at 10:30 a.m. The program will end at 11 a.m. More information is available by clicking here.  

“The StoryTime program is a creative way of mixing storytelling, reading and imaginative, hands-on educational activities,” said LSU AgCenter professor Becky White, who heads the program. “The program is inspired by the Storyteller’s Garden in Grasmere Cumbria, England, which I discovered by accident on a vacation.”

“I thought the idea was a charming one and would translate easily at StoryTime at Burden,” she said.