Early Care & Education

Printable brochures, tips and ideas for reading with children.

Read or listen to tips for reading aloud by Mem Fox.

By 3 months the baby has more than 1,000 trillion brain synapses! Reading to infants helps these connections grow and survive.

Books teach children to use their imaginations. What they learn about people, places, and things can be important building blocks to later life success. From Palmetto Basics

Nurturing readers from Brooklyn Public Library

Fox discusses her stories and her career and shares why encouraging us all to read aloud has been such an important part of her work.

Study showing that reading picture books with children is better than hearing a story or seeing a cartoon.

Reading aloud to your child is the single most important activity to ensure that he is ready for school and learning.