The Gadsden Times – Staff Writer
“Adventures around the world await, Steven Winston told fourth-grade boys at Floyd Elementary School. “It takes you opening up that book and beginning to read,” Winston said. Winston, who works at the Alabama Power Steam Plant, and Greater Gadsden Tourism Director Hugh Stump met with students for the first time Thursday as part of Guys Read, a Gadsden Public Library project designed to keep boys interested in reading…Studies show girls continue to read after fourth grade, while boys tend to lose interest, Jackson said. Guys Read was developed to keep boys interested in reading, ideally, for the rest of their lives.”(more)