FOR THE LOVE OF READING
Raising a Reader, a program created in 2020 by a former AmeriCorps member, is now supported by Read 2 Lead in partnership with UnityPoint Grinnell OB departments and local clinics. The program provides newborns and infants and their families with age-appropriate books, quick reading tips, science-based research excerpts, a Dolly Parton Imagination Library registration form, and information on the top 10 Kindergarten Readiness Skills (as recommended by early childhood specialists in the GNCSD) to encourage and support early literacy.