Tag: Reading
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Denver Public Library’s most checked out books of 2025
Let’s check in on Denver Public Library’s most checked out books of 2025. A list revealed by DPL Tuesday breaks down Denverites’ reading habits into different genres including fiction, nonfiction, romance, mystery and more. Topping the charts were a reimagining of the “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” a self-help book encouraging readers to let go of…
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NBA Insider | Julian Strawther’s stunning NBA start began at Summer League
Every week during the offseason, Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto takes you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets: Julian Strawther found enough water in the desert to grow his game. Right after the Nuggets selected the Gonzaga University wing with the 29th overall pick and introduced him to the franchise in Denver, it…
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NBA Insider | One question for every Denver Nuggets starter
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Every week during the offseason, Denver Gazette beat writer Vinny Benedetto will take you around the NBA and inside the Nuggets: The Denver Nuggets’ starting five is set, but there’s still some interesting questions to answer ahead of the start of the season. Jamal Murray: Can the regular season look like your postseasons? The highest-scoring…
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Anthony Edwards in FIBA World Cup is must-see TV; Jamal Murray’s tough decision benefits Denver Nuggets: NBA Insider
Anthony Edwards in FIBA World Cup is must-see TV; Jamal Murray’s tough decision benefits Denver Nuggets: NBA Insider
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Colorado reading scores above national average; math decline similar to rest of U.S.
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Colorado students have yet to fully rebound from the learning loss suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the state’s reading scores are higher than the national average, according to a national math and reading test for fourth and eighth graders. The National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the “nation’s report card,” is typically administered…
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Denver school unveils book vending machine
Many schools have vending machines so students and teachers can refuel their appetites or quench their thirsts. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Early College has a new machine that will feed their imaginations. The school unveiled a book vending machine Thursday afternoon. It’s the first-of-its-kind in the Denver Public Schools system. Dozens of students and…
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Colorado Springs duo’s 1916 cross-country bike ride subject of new book
In 2016, at his remote abode in the mountains of southern Colorado, Roger Greene was tossing his hometown newspaper, the Colorado Springs Gazette, in his wood stove when something caught his eye. It was a blurb looking back 100 years. A blurb about two local boys who had ridden their bicycles across the country, from…
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‘The ultimate teammate’: Former teammates, coaches reflect on Peyton Manning’s career ahead of Hall of Fame induction
DENVER — John Fox sat in John Elway’s office awaiting a call from Peyton Manning. Fox, Elway and the rest of the Broncos organization had done their best to lure the then-four-time NFL MVP to Denver. Now, they waited for Manning’s decision — a decision that would alter the future of whichever franchise he chose.…
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Coloradan’s new book a tribute to rural police
Until recently, the last time John DiGirolamo talked to a cop was about a decade ago when he was ticketed for speeding on Colorado’s Interstate 25. “Obviously, when you have your kid go into that type of field, it becomes more interesting,” DiGirolamo says. His kid, Megan, started as an officer in Buena Vista on…
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Jubilant first-graders read stories to ACSO mounted patrol unit horses
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The playground at Red Hawk Ridge Elementary school is normally a place where children gather for a round of four square, game of basketball or even to hop around the hopscotch board. But on Thursday,…