Page Ahead operates on one
simple and astounding fact:
being read to as a youngster is the
foremost predictor of academic
success in childhood.
simple and astounding fact:
being read to as a youngster is the
foremost predictor of academic
success in childhood.
A major factor in my decision to become a librarian was my belief in the importance of early literacy. So much depends on skills developed at a very young age. So much!
So I volunteer for Page Ahead, a wonderful non-profit organization that puts books in the hands of at-risk kids. If you shop online, you can help Page Ahead! You could, for example, buy this amazing book about the man who started the Harlem Children's Zone.
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