“Once upon a time there was an old woman, an old man, a girl, a boy and a squirrel that lived on the mantelpiece.” So begins this third published retelling of an old Virginian folktale, Sody ...

Registration is under way for the summer reading program at Essex Library. For kindergarten-age children, the program is “What is the Sody Sallyratus?” which involves a search for the mysterious ...