October 29th is National Cat Day, the purr-fect day to spend with and celebrate our feline friends! Whether your cat spends the day curled up in your lap, following you from room to room, ignoring your presence until dinnertime, or leaving you surprise gifts at your door, there are plenty of ways cats say, “I love you!”

Literacy is more than reading a book at bedtime; it’s the lens through which children make sense of the world. STEM literacy bridges the gap between language and discovery. When young readers dive into books about biology, mathematics, chemistry, and ecology, they aren’t just decoding words on a page. They are practicing critical thinking, building technical vocabulary, and learning to ask one of the most powerful questions in human history: Why?