Author and Emmy Award-winning journalist joins families at Tenth & Green Elementary to promote reading, creativity and bilingual storytelling

José Martínez Helps Celebrate Literacy at Reading School District Family Event

Reading School District families, educators and local authors came together at Tenth & Green Elementary for a Family Literacy Event focused on books, bilingual learning, creativity and community. Emmy Award-winning journalist and author José Martínez shared Your English Is Great, But… and Your English Is Great, But…: A Bilingual Coloring & Activity Book for Kids while celebrating literacy and storytelling with local families.

Café con José: When the News Hurts, the Community Heals

This week, Reading felt smaller.
Not because the city changed, but because the grief was shared. A tragic explosion that could’ve been prevented. A shooting that shook another block. And the death of a merengue legend remembered with candles, flags, and music. In the middle of it all, our community kept showing up—with memory, with presence, with love.