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Raising A Reader®

A bookbag program that promotes reading aloud in the home, Raising A Reader® is implemented through library partnerships with childcare centers and other agencies serving children 0-5. Children take home new books weekly and their parents, teachers, and caregivers receive information on early literacy skill development. Volunteer storytime readers model good readaloud techniques and build excitement for books by providing monthly storytimes at partnering childcare centers.

Raising A Reader® is made possible by The Library Foundation with gifts from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, the Bella Vista Foundation, Spirit Mountain Community Fund and the Portland Children's Investment Fund.

Additional support is provided by the J.F.R. Foundation, the Swigert Foundation and the Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust.

For more information, contact Nell Colburn at 503.988.4482. or Steven Engelfried at 503.988.5206.

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