Storytime with the Savannah Morning News: SSU coach Horace Broadnax reads, 'A Gift from Greensboro'

They bring to life a giraffe, a tree and a leaf. They help children understand the start of the civil rights movement and help us all decipher what's a fruit, and what isn't. 

A fire captain, a school teacher and a storyteller. A college basketball coach and the owner of Savannah's championship-winning baseball team. Together they've joined "Storytime with the Savannah Morning News," a weeklong video series in which these locals support youth literacy by sharing their favorite children's books. 

Let's face it, children have been through a lot over the past 18 months. The COVID-19 pandemic is not only a danger, but a drag, and kids are in the center of it as they return to school in these confusing times.

To do our part to help them pull through with their chins up, the Savannah Morning News is presenting Storytime. We hope you enjoy the experience, and good luck this year to all of the school children, educators and parents. 

'A Gift from Greensboro',' read by Savannah State coach Horace Broadnax

Savannah State men’s basketball coach Horace Broadnax reads “A Gift From Greensboro” by Quraysh Ali Lansana with illustrations by Skip Hill. The coach believes this is an important book to share because of its social implications, he said, adding the book is an avenue to teaching young minds the history of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.

Watch all five Storytime videos here: