Raising a Reader

Raising A Reader® employs a “Train the Trainers” model that helps early childhood professionals engage parents in daily "read-aloud" experiences with their children.

Across the United States, organizations become affiliate members in the Raising A Reader national movement. These affiliates receive early brain development training, curriculum to advance "read-aloud" strategies within their sites and children's homes, and Raising A Reader Book Bag Kits tailored to a variety of demographic settings. The program materials are developed to stimulate Raising A Reader's Five Anchor behaviors, the research-based theory of change. There is a strong library component embodied in the Blue Library Bag, a treasure for every child to keep.

The carefully selected books, durable book bags, teacher and parent “read-aloud” videos, and program curriculum meet a high standard of quality, emotional appeal and ease of use that has produced substantive results demonstrated in 10 independent evaluations. Customized features adapt Raising A Reader to a variety of multicultural, multilingual communities, either one classroom at a time or in a community-wide effort.