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                                                        by Senior Airman                      brary technician and children’s coordinator.
                                                     MARCY COPELAND                             “Whether listening to music or just going

                                                            56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs  with the flow of the day, there is a rhythm
                                                                                              in everything people do,” she said. “Every-
                                  The 56th Force Support Squadron Library                     thing people do daily is a rhythm. Getting
                                 has completed its summer reading program                     up, eating breakfast, reading a book can be
                                                                                              rhythm, and we try to implement that aspect
                                        “Reading to the Rhythm,” which ran                    into this program.”
                                            June 17 through July 22.
                                                For six weeks children, ages                    Lt. Col. Todd Ladd, 56th Force Support
                                             4 through 12, were invited to                    Squadron commander, opened the program
                                            attend the Reading to Rhythm                      June 17.
                                            program Wednesdays and read
                                             for a minimum of 20 minutes a                      • Week one Ladd read “This is My Family”
                                              week. Those who completed the                   by Gina and Mercer Mayer. The story fea-
                                                  challenge received a stamp                  tures Little Critter, the mascot of the sum-
                                                           and an incentive prize             mer reading program, and his family. Little
                                                                every week.                   Critter inspired children to read and attend
                                                                      Music is a big          in hopes of winning a critter of their own.
                                                                   inspiration in the
                                                                   lives of people ev-          • Week two focused on poetry in the form
                                                                  ery day, accord-            of stories. “Orangutanka” was created by
                                                                  ing to Katherine            Margarita Eagle, which was read in English
                                                                 Puckett, 56th FSS            and then translated into Japanese.
                                                                  senior li-
                                                                                                • Week three featured Arizona Rick, bal-
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