U.S. Rep. John Joyce reads Watty Piper’s book, “The Little Engine that Could,” to a group of Altoona Area School District children from the Learning Express Preschool Thursday morning at the Altoona ...

I received my first library card when I was 4 years old, signing my name in big, shaky letters. My mom still has that card, tucked away in her cedar chest. To her, it was a milestone in her daughter’s ...