{"id":145703,"date":"2026-02-06T05:14:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T05:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/145703\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T05:14:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T05:14:17","slug":"jacksonville-celebrates-literacy-with-a-night-of-books-and-surprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/145703\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacksonville celebrates literacy with a night of books and surprises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LITTLE ROCK, AR (KATV) \u2014 The Jacksonville North Pulaski School District is rolling out the red carpet for literacy lovers with its annual literacy night. <\/p>\n<p>Superintendent Dr. Jeremy S. Owoh, and international author Phyllis Hodges are teaming up to make this event a memorable one.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Literacy is so important to us,&#8221; said Dr. Owa. The event, open to the public, promises a fun-filled evening with local authors, prizes, and a guest reading segment.<\/p>\n<p>Hodges, excited to participate, said, &#8220;I&#8217;ve been there before as a vendor, sharing the books, but now have an opportunity to read to the children.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The event will take place on Tuesday, February 11, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Jacksonville Community Center. <\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s under the theme of the love of reading,&#8221; Dr. Owa added. So, grab a book, maybe win a prize, and join the community in celebrating the joy of reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LITTLE ROCK, AR (KATV) \u2014 The Jacksonville North Pulaski School District is rolling out the red carpet for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":{"0":"post-145703","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-jacksonville","9":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","10":"tag-jacksonville-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}