Plant the Seed, Read! Community Book Read special events continue with a lecture on the swamps and wetlands of Indiana.
These ecosystems played an important part in Gene Stratton-Porter's fiction and non-fiction writings.
This year's book selection, "A Girl of the Limberlost", is set in Indiana's wooded wetlands and swamps.
Dr. Nate Bosch, assistant professor of environmental biology at Grace College and director of Kosciusko Lakes and Streams, will lecture on wetlands in Indiana. Bosch will emphasize the importance of wetlands in the local ecosystems.
The event will be on the Grace College Campus in Room 211 of the Cooley Science Center Feb. 17 at 6:30 p.m.
The goal of Kosciusko Lakes and Streams is to establish infrastructure for sustainable management and stewardship of Kosciusko County lakes.
The mission of the Kosciusko Literacy Services is to increase the literacy levels of all citizens of the community by implementing innovative, comprehensive programs using a collaborative effort from the community; increasing public awareness of literacy issues facing adults, children and families; and providing trained volunteer tutors for adult students.
Kosciusko Literacy Services' goals for Plant the Seed, Read! are to: promote a sense of community; illustrate the 40 developmental assets; promote reading for pleasure, the love of literature and life-long learning; and increase literacy awareness.A grant from the Kosciusko County Community Foundation is funding the special events, book discussions and the books. Look for events, dates and times on the website www.kcread.org
Kosciusko Literacy Services placed 1,000 free copies of "A Girl of the Limberlost" in yellow bins throughout Kosciusko County. The novel is also free online. Free audio of the book is available at the LibriVox site.
