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With New CEO at the Helm, Reach Out and Read Poised to Transform Early Learning, Healthy Relationships for Millions of Families
35-year-old nonprofit taps national leader Dr. Lynette M. Fraga to accelerate mission, scale impact, advance equity, and strengthen families. Reach Out and Read, the nationally recognized nonprofit redefining pediatric care and strengthening families through early literacy, has named Dr. Lynette M. Fraga, Ph.D., its new Chief Executive Officer. Her leadership marks a defining moment for […]
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A Pediatrician’s Guide to Early Literacy, Healthy Relationships, and Brain Development Dr. Terri McFadden, MD, FAAP — Reach Out and Read Georgia’s Medical Director and a member of our National Board — is now a monthly contributor to Psychology Today. Her new column, “Reading: Just What the Doctor Ordered,” explores the deep connections between early […]

Collaboration will put “powerful tools directly into the hands of families, nurturing connection, curiosity, and lifelong learning from the very start.” Barefoot Books, an award-winning independent children’s publisher, has been selected as a preferred vendor for Reach Out and Read, the national nonprofit redefining early childhood health and literacy by integrating reading into pediatric care. […]

Reach Out and Read was pleased to welcome Washington State Senator Claire Wilson, longtime champion of children and families to Pediatrics Northwest, Federal Way on Wednesday September 10. Senator Wilson saw first-hand how clinicians and families coming together over shared reading sparks healthy relationships and early literacy in a two-generation approach. Reach Out and Read […]

(FOX 5 Atlanta) Local clinicians with Reach Out and Read Georgia says storytime is one school supply no child in the Peach State should go without, but new numbers show a steep drop in the number of parents reading to their kids. Dr. Terri McFadden sat down with Alyse Eady to talk about Reach Out […]

(FOX10 News) Rx for Summer Reading is our way of keeping families connected to books and each other all summer long. For 16 years now, we’ve used fun, engaging stories to encourage families to read together—starting as early as a baby’s first doctor visit. This year’s theme is all about unplugging and playing. We’re featuring […]