SAN ANTONIO – Friday mornings at Pearl have become a weekly tradition for families gathering outside The Twig Book Shop. Every Friday during the school year, Miss Anastasia leads a 10:30 a.m. story time with books, songs and plenty of animated voices for babies, toddlers and young children. KSAT’s Sarah Acosta and Sarah Spivey recently brought their children, Dotty and Everett, to see the crowd of families who show up for the weekly readings. Miss Anastasia said reading out loud to children is one of the most important things parents and caregivers can do. “If they wander off, you just wander off with them,” she said.

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