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Reach Out and Read Awarded Holiday Impact Prize in New York Times
(The New York Times)By Nicholas Kristof Forget the necktie that will sit in Dad’s closet or the perfume that your sister Sue will soon regift, for I have some better ideas. … Help a child learn to read! Books were my childhood’s magic carpets that lifted me on the lifelong journey that now leads me to write […]
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“A fundamental test for our country is whether or not we can make early learning available and real to all kids and families,” said Chelsea Clinton during her recent visit to Milwaukee to dedicate the Clinton Foundation’s, Too Small to Fail initiative, and the City of Milwaukee first-ever “Family Read, Play & Learn” space with […]
UNICEF has produced a 10-part special podcast series on “The Future of Childhood” – to mark the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In this episode, Sarah Crowe, speaks to Reach Out and Read’s National Medical Director, Dr. Perri Klass on pediatrics. Perri Klass, MD has been writing as a […]
Time Magazine interviewed one of our favorite authors, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof on his newly released book, ‘Tightrope’. Mr. Kristof and co-author Sheryl WuDunn report on the despair that many middle-class Americans have experienced over the past several decades. Their reporting is wide-spread across the United States and despite the bleak outcome for […]
Study Finds that Reach Out and Read Enhances Clinic Morale, Increase Provider Satisfaction, and Improve Patient-Clinician Relationships A new Wisconsin Medical Journal study published by Dr. Heather Burton and Dr. Dipesh Navsaria found that Reach Out and Read helped enhance clinic morale, increase provider satisfaction, and improve patient-clinician relationships in 10 study clinics. Compared to clinicians in […]
If you find yourself in the Dane County Regional Airport, Wisconsin with children, make sure to try the sleek new kiosk that dispenses short stories for young travelers. Children will love the walk up dispenser that holds more than 10,000 stories and is absolutely FREE to the user. Reach Out and Read Wisconsin Medical Director […]