literacy Archives

After six summers of being in the Summer Reading Challenge, Brittney Pickett knows what’s changed with her kids.  Clay, now age 10, and Adeline, now age 7, now read to her. Brittney used to be able to choose any book. Now, the kids are picky about […]

At age 3, Jozzell was barely speaking.   His concerned mom didn’t know where to go.  A teacher at Hawthorne Early Learning Center told his mom, Jessica Borrego, about Elkhart Public Library’s Growing Readers program.   Jessica quickly enrolled Jozzell.  Library tutors helped […]

Leo Garcia’s mom could see him struggling to read. His teacher called with concerns.   Gabriella turned to the library for help.  “His teacher reached out to me to say that […]

Editor’s note: This is the third part in a series documenting one parent’s approach to 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten. Part 1 can be found here Part 2 can be found here […]