http://www.imaginationlibrary.comPromoting literacy from the start with free books from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library because books at home from the start are the best tools in the best place at the best time to nurture the roots of literacy.
We now serve 4 Cities in 2 Counties: Berkeley + Emeryville in Alameda and Richmond + San Pablo in Contra Costa.
Rare for programs serving children, a child qualifies for Imagination Library book deliveries on their own, based only on their birthdate and home address. Books from birth in the home are the best tools in the best place at the best time to nurture the brain-roots of Literacy.
Decades of research show that simply ensuring a child has books from the start is the best, and most ecnomical, way to ensure they will be ready for school. Kindergarten Readiness assessments are the first assessements done of literacy skills and knowldege. Waiting till then to find out a child lacks them triggers expensive, intrusive "Intervention" programs public schools must provide -- and pay for. Cheaper, more fun, and more effective is to blanket a community with ownership of books from birth. Dolly's Program is the best way to do that.