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What a Year! Promoting Literacy for All On the Road and Online

Literacy advocate Maya Payne Smart, author of Reading for Our Lives: A Literacy Action Plan from Birth to Six, reflects on her

Meet a Reading Champion: How the ‘Book Lady’ Promotes Literacy

Meet a reading hero: Linda Mitchell, aka The Book Lady, runs Metro East Literacy Project in Saint Louis and works to promote

10 Ways to Help Me Promote Literacy for All

Author and literacy advocate Maya Payne Smart invites readers to join her Reading for Our Lives movement to promote literacy for

Why Picture Books By and About Indigenous Americans Are Important All Year Long

7 Awesome Organizations Around the World that Support Literacy

How a Milwaukee Summer Reading Program Builds a Better Tomorrow

Author Maya Smart reflects on fostering literacy & life success for kids Milwaukee & beyond with programs like Tragil Wade

We Should All Be Readers: How and Why Parents Should Teach Reading

To attain the consciousness, solidarity, and equity our society so desperately needs, we must be informed and deliberate in

10 Inspiring Picture Books for Children to Celebrate Juneteenth

Celebrate Juneteenth with your children by reading these inspiring, informative picture books.

10 Children’s Poems by Black Poets You Should Know (And Love)

Discover 10 fabulous children's poems by black poets to fill your child’s bookshelf with beautiful and diverse

This Amazing BIPOC Kids’ Book Store Doubles as a Reading Tutoring Center

Author Maya Payne Smart chats with the founder of Rooted MKE, a Milwaukee bookstore, reading tutoring center, and community space