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We have a NEW LOOK!
Today is a big day for Raising a Reader, as we launch a new brand complete with a new logo. This is the culmination of a several-month process for Raising a Reader, informed by the input of our team, board and Affiliates. We combined that input with a robust discovery process to develop a new brand that reflects our evolution ...
Raising a Reader builds early literacy skills through family engagement nationwide.
Raising a Reader builds early literacy skills through family engagement nationwide. After being nurtured from a local program rooted in the Bay Area to growing into a national organization reaching over 150,000 children ages 0-8 and their families across the nation each year, Raising a Reader is becoming an independent nonprofit organization. For more than two decades, Raising a Reader ...
Raising a Reader in the New York Times Holiday Giving Edition
We’re thrilled to be recommended in the New York Times Holiday Giving Edition. “So if we want to give more people the best shot possible at secure, healthy and happy futures and attaining their dreams, we need to get books into more children’s hands and homes,” Frank Bruni, contributing Opinion writer, New York Times. View our mention in the article ...
Viewing Children’s Books through an Intersectional Lens
Tymisha Sweet, RAR Senior Manager, Program and Affiliate Relations, recently attended Viewing Children’s Books Through an Intersectional Lens thanks to the Highlights Foundation. VIEWING CHILDREN’S BOOKS THROUGH AN INTERSECTIONAL LENS Guest author: Tymisha Sweet, RAR Senior Manager, Program and Affiliate Relations on a workshop she recently attended: Viewing Children’s Books Through an Intersectional Lens thanks to the Highlights Foundation. I ...
Partners Spotlight Series
Raising a Reader in the New York Times Holiday Giving Edition
We’re thrilled to be recommended in the New York Times Holiday Giving Edition. “So if we want to give more people the best shot possible at secure, healthy and happy futures and attaining their dreams, we need to get books into more children’s hands and homes,” Frank Bruni, contributing Opinion writer, New York Times. View our mention in the article ...
Giving Tuesday
Thank you! This Giving Tuesday, Raising a Reader wants to give sincere thanks to our network of Affiliates, Partners, and supporters across the nation who help make our work possible. We love working closely with you to help bring diverse stories to the children and families in your communities who delight in seeing their lives and experiences reflected in the ...
Webinars
Can we talk about Bruno?
By Michelle Torgerson, President and CEO, Raising a Reader Can we talk about Bruno?! Is Encanto’s soundtrack playing on loop at your house? It is at mine, and we almost have all the songs memorized! The movie tells the story of the Madrigal family as they navigate their special powers within their community. So many people—young and old—are feeling seen ...
Empowering Parents to Engage Through Books
Empowering Parents to Engage Through Books As we enter into National Book Month, all of us at Raising a Reader were once again heartened by the Washington Post article late this summer, “How To Get Kids To Look Away From Their Screens and Take Pleasure in Books.” While we still find it discouraging that it appeared in the Lifestyle section ...
Press Releases
We’re joining forces with Lit Lab
We are thrilled to announce Raising a Reader is joining forces with Lit Lab’s incredible community committed to serving children and their families, and are accepting the donation of LitLab’s kidappolis, designed for caregivers to support early learning in literacy, math, and science. The bilingual English/Spanish kidappolis app is is aligned with RAR’s mission to engage caregivers in a routine ...
Official Statement: Book Banning
While book banning is not new in the United States, it is happening at alarming rates in school libraries across the country right now. The communities we serve through Raising a Reader (RAR)—from rural to suburban to urban—are not monolithic. One of our top priorities is to offer a diverse and inclusive multilingual book collection that is inclusive of all ...