One Book, Every Young Child

According the American Library Association’s Parent Guide to Early Literacy for Early Talkers: Birth to Two-Year-Olds,

“Early literacy is what children know about reading and writing before they can actually read and write.” Research has identified six pre-reading skills children can start learning from birth: print motivation, print awareness, letter knowledge, vocabulary, phonological awareness, and narrative skills. ALA’s guide also lists simple steps parents can take to help develop each of these skills.

Through the selection of one picture book that will be shared in library and other programs, it is the goal of the One Book, Every Young Child program, to emphasize to parents and other adults who care or work with preschool children the importance of helping children develop pre-reading skills and model ways they can do so.

This program has been made possible by the generous funding of the Community Foundation of Southeastern Connecticut as part of their “Love Our Libraries” initiative.