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Choosing a preschool or childcare for your child? Use this guide from national literacy thought leader Maya Payne Smart to make
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Discover beautiful picture-book fables featuring black characters, including adaptations and reimaginings of fairy tales and
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Host a virtual book club with Reading for Our Lives author Maya Payne Smart and equip families with simple, proven tools to raise
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Give the gift of literacy at scale. Support book donations to family-serving groups that nurture young readers and
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Black picture-book illustrators not to miss—discover 13 black illustrators whose work in children’s literature will light up
Read the postReading Reform Will Fail Without Families
Reading reforms need more than new curricula—they require active, informed family engagement to support children’s literacy
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