Literacy and Reading
New studies show that reading to babies stimulates proper neurological development, the American Academy of Pediatrics has added reading to its official standard of care for infants and toddlers, and reading with children is fun.
- Fact Sheet on the Importance of Reading to Infants and Young Children
- What the Experts Say on the Importance of Reading to Infants and Young Children
- Reach Out And Read
- Literacy: Facts and Factoids
- First Book, a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books, will be helping to distribute more than 2 million brand new books to low-income children around the country on Make a Difference Day 2000.
To learn more about the program and First Book's partner, artist Mary Engelbreit.
For more information contact:
Julie Copty
Email: jcopty@publishers.org