A five-week Parent Child Academy dedicated to fostering literacy and language development in children from birth to five years old, to be held November 12, 19, 26, and December 3, 10. The Academy will provide a friendly environment in which to learn about family activities that will build children’s literacy in their daily home lives, and to help prepare children to learn to read and write when they enter Kindergarten. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Van transport provided upon request. Information and registration at brenda.shufelt@hudsonarealibrary.org, or (518) 828-1792 x101, or in person at the Hudson Area Library.