The Optimist: An 8-year-old slid his handwritten book onto a library shelf. It now has a years-long waitlist.

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Sign up for this newsletter Read online Stories that inspire.     (Ada Community Library) An 8-year-old slid his handwritten book onto a library shelf. It now has a years-long waitlist. Staff librarians who found it agreed that as unconventional as it was, Dillon's book met the criteria for the collection. By Kellie B. Gormly ●  Read more »   The world's oldest living land animal? At age 190, it's Jonathan the tortoise. "He knows my voice and comes to me like a dog," said his caretaker on St. Helena island. By Cathy Free ●  Read more »   You've been told to let go of the past. But can regret be good for you? "The Power of Regret" by Daniel Pink makes the case that looking back can be helpful. By Kelsey Ables ●  Read more »   This Valentine's Day, reach for a better box of chocolates Truffles, bonbons, caramels, pralines, creams, toffee and more chocolates worth discovering this season. By G. Daniela Galarza ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Get breaking news alerts, offline reading lists and more. Download the app   Diversifying the face of travel, one TikTok at a time Social media entrepreneurs are creating their own representation in an industry that has long ignored them. By Leigh Giangreco ●  Read more »   Comic book store owner to ship 'Maus' free to anyone who asks in Tenn. district where it's banned Ryan Higgins had a hunch that sales of the graphic novel would surge, so he quickly ordered 100 copies to give away. By Cathy Free ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Male penguin pair, New York zoo's first same-sex foster parents, doing 'great job' raising baby chick The two male foster parents show how "non-traditional families do a wonderful job of child-rearing," said the zoo in Syracuse, N.Y. By Jennifer Hassan ●  Read more »   I was struggling with money. Here's how I learned to finally talk about it. Once I learned to open up, it was empowering and so worth it. Perspective ●  By Lily Feinn and Marian Blair ●  Read more »   'A community deserves options': Why these Black journalists launched their own publication Capital B, a new digital-media start-up, will provide hard news and investigative reporting aimed at Black audiences. By Elahe Izadi ●  Read more »   Public libraries across the U.S. are taking note of this Richmond branch's parent-and-child-friendly design "To have a space where children and parents are centered is truly rare in America. Parents are so used to everything being hard in this country." By Casey Parks ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Must Reads for a curated selection of our best journalism in your inbox every Saturday, plus a peek behind the scenes into how one story came together. Sign up »

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