Raising Readers  will be Thursday, May 2, 10:30 a.m. Adults work with Jane Bailey of the Shelton School Readiness Council developing reading and literacy skills to share with their children 3-7 years old; kids build readiness skills with Miss Maura’s Alpha-Bits. Co-sponsored by the Shelton School Readiness Council and underwritten by Derby Shelton Rotary, the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund and the Valley Community Foundation. Held at Plumb Memorial Library, 65 Wooster Street.