Wendy Cox reads a book to children attending the Garden Club of Palm Beach Preschool Story Time event March 7. Say what you will about the power of our culture's digital distractions.

Preschool Storytime is based on talking, singing, reading, writing and playing — the five practices of Every Child Ready to Read, an early-literacy outreach program.

On March 7, the community's smallest citizens got to be all-ears for an engaging tale as the Garden Club of Palm Beach hosted Preschool Story Time at the Children's Library at the Society of the ...