(Aiken Standard)

Reach Out and Read is a nonprofit organization that provides children in low-income families with books from birth to age 5. The program primarily operates in pediatric offices, allowing doctors to give out books during check-ups and encourage parents to read to their children.…

(NBC 29)

Pediatric Associates of Charlottesville has teamed up with Reach Out and Read to bring books into examination rooms, and the programs were spotlighted on NBC29. Reach Out and Read Dr. Gemila Bouber was the focus of a community conversation, and Reach Out and Read Regional Director Callee Boulware was interviewed about the program.…

(Fox Carolina)

Reading to your kids at an early age could help them understand words and phrases sooner. A nonprofit in the Carolinas, called Reach out and Read, is providing free books at doctors appointments and they say it’s having a big impact.…

(The Oklahoma City Sentinel)

The Effect of Exposure to Reach Out and Read on Shared Reading Behaviors, a multi-year study, demonstrates that the delivery of the national nonprofit’s model effectively encourages parents/caregivers to read with their young children using strategies that promote parent-child bonding and connection.…

(KFOR)

Lori Brooks, National Senior Director of External Affairs, speaks to KFOR about the transformative impact coming from a new study on the Reach Out and Read program.

A peer-reviewed study in Academic Pediatrics demonstrates how Reach Out and Read “can make a lifelong impact” on millions of children across the U.S.…

(OHSU News)

August marks one year since the implementation of OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital’s Reach Out and Read NICU Program.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends shared reading beginning at birth. Research shows that reading with children promotes brain health and supports cognitive, social and emotional development.…

(Regence News)

This year, a grant from Regence’s corporate foundation, Cambia Health Foundation, is helping expand Reach Out and Read Northwest program’s length, so it begins at a newborn baby’s first well-child visit and runs through age 5. The expanded program enables children to receive a new book at every well-child visit, resulting in a total of 14 books.…

(Fox 31 Colorado’s Very Own)

A new, peer-reviewed study in Academic Pediatrics demonstrates the impact of Reach Out and Read, a program leading the way in supporting healthy early parent-child relationships through shared reading. The research, which includes more than 100,000 survey responses, shows that parents/caregivers exposed to the Reach Out and Read program are significantly more likely to read with their infants and young children every day and to use books to better engage with their young children, starting at infancy.…

(Washington Post)

In the pediatric world, we’ve worried a great deal about what we call ACEs, or adverse childhood experiences, which can disrupt children’s lives and get in the way of the safe and stable nurturing relationships they need. Research has shown us the long shadows that early adversity can cast over health and mental health.…

(WGBH)

Experts say a child’s health and well-being during the first three years of their life will affect their future learning, behavior and health. Countless studies show that reading to children during that period is crucial for their cognitive development and for fostering a strong parent-child bond.…