In Our Feeds: a book-rescuing garbage man, Shakespeare rap, and a superhero raised by a single mom

Megan Kaesshaefer  //  Sep 4, 2015

In Our Feeds: a book-rescuing garbage man, Shakespeare rap, and a superhero raised by a single mom

Each Friday, we share a handful of links we found interesting, provocative, funny or just plain cool. We call it In Our Feeds. Have a great weekend!

Happy Friday-before-Labor Day! We're sending you off into the long weekend with some of our favorite links from around the web. 

My favorite story of the week: Many of the public libraries in Bogotá, Colombia are located far away from the poorer communities, making it difficult for many children to access books. Garbage collector Jose Gutierrez noticed this problem and for nearly 20 years has been rescuing discarded books from the trash to add to his makeshift home library. 

The Royal Shakespeare Company has launched an app that teaches kids about Shakespeare through rap lyrics (which are apparently derived from some of the best insults in Shakespeare's plays).

"Mindfulness training" in the classroom is becomming a thing. The positvie effects are clear: it keeps kids calm, helps those with agression, ADHD, or axiety, and benefits their general well-being.

Literary Hub gathered a list of books that contain their own made-up languages.  Have you read any of the titles on this list?

We are a little obsessed with Halloween here (I blame R.L. Stine!) and therefore feel it's not too early to share with you this list of creepy YA anthologies.

Watch the trailer for Raising Dion, a new comic book about a single mother who raises a superhero. In a word, it's gorgeous. 

And finally, don't miss this video of a baby who cries every time a book is over (we feel you, baby).