Representative Rodriguez Reads Aloud at Children’s Wisconsin Oak Creek in Support of Reach Out and Read

Reach Out and Read Wisconsin invited Representative Jessie Rodriguez to Children’s Wisconsin Oak Creek Pediatrics on Friday, Feb. 28 to learn more about the Reach Out and Read program that is in her district.

She received a tour of the clinic, was able to ask questions to both Children’s Wisconsin staff and Reach Out and Read Wisconsin staff and read two books to children in the waiting room.…

Mother-Daughter duo share impact of Reach Out and Read

MADISON, Wis. (Feb. 11, 2025) – Daisie Mathais was at a Every Child is Ready to Read meeting in December 2024 when she heard Reach Out and Read Wisconsin Medical Director Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD, and Executive Director DeDe Williams lead a talk on Reach Out and Read.…

Black History Month Spotlight: Author Tanisia Moore

“Books are a gateway to history and culture. They spark curiosity and dialogue between kids and caregivers.”

This Black History Month, Reach Out and Read is spotlighting author Tanisia Moore, whose books bring Black culture, joy, and history to life on the page.…

Early reading advocates meet at WI Capitol to raise awareness, ask for funding

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MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – A nonprofit group advocating for early childhood literacy was at the Capitol on Tuesday to discuss the topic in a special briefing session with lawmakers.

Reach Out and Read Wisconsin brought together doctors, families and advocates to talk about how shared reading helps early language skills and healthy relationships.…

The positive parenting practice of shared reading has lifelong benefits

(CBS News New York)

“We’ve known for years that young children who have parents who look at books with them and talk to them … their language development has improved. These positive experiences also shaped the child’s social and emotional development … and their excitement later on when it’s time to go to school.”…

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.

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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 this column.…

ThedaCare Providers Distribute More Than 23,000 Children’s Books in 2023

Reach Out and Read Program Promotes Brain and Social Development

(ThedaCare)

Reading to children at an early age enhances childhood brain and social development, and is a long-term contributor to a child’s success in school.

For that reason, since 2018, all ThedaCare pediatricians and primary care providers have been engaged with the national Reach Out and Read program, the only national pediatric literacy program endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics.…