This is part of a regular series of posts by our CEO, Cathy Grant, who will share some personal insight and comments about your Library, upcoming services and issues in general.

Adults Need Strong Literacy Skills

…to raise children who have strong literacy skills.

Learning to read begins long before a child enters school. It begins when parents read to their children, buy their children books, and encourage their children to read. The research is clear: parents who are poor readers don’t read as often to their children as do parents who are strong readers; children who are not read to enter school less prepared for learning to read than other children.

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