Baby Book Talks
Infant language becomes dramatically more powerful when books are added to their lives. The language found in books is much richer and more elaborate than the typical language shared around the house or during meals.
Access to Relevant Books Leads to Lifelong Reading
We want to ensure that kids everywhere have enough books to support a natural development of their early literacy.
One Language or Two or More?
When children navigate from one language to another, they develop the facility to be comfortable in encounters with those outside of their home communities.
Kids Taught to Choose Books Choose Reading for Life
Encouraging and then allowing kids to choose what they read puts them at the center of their literacy learning lives, which is right where we hope they will forever choose to be.
The Gift of Literacy
Gifting a book that is well suited to its recipient is natural for book-loving adults to do…Children can benefit from watching us select a special book and learning our motive behind the gift.
Let’s Talk About YOU
Successful parents and teachers invite each child’s contribution when discussing books either using their name or the word “you.”