Mission

To give every child an equal opportunity for achievement by engaging parents from low-income communities in a routine of daily book sharing with their children from birth through age five. The early literacy skills development that Raising A Reader MA promotes is proven to impact school readiness, academic performance and lifetime achievement for children.

Our Goal is to help families across Massachusetts develop the literacy routines that can change children’s lives.

What We Do

Raising A Reader MA works with children from birth through age 5, to provide the critical early literacy skills that serve as a predictor for school readiness and success. Our award-winning program circulates high quality children’s books into children’s homes and helps children, families and early childcare providers to develop, practice and maintain the habit of sharing those books. Independent evaluations have repeatedly demonstrated that Raising A Reader’s unique program engages families, builds kindergarten readiness skills and is cost effective and scalable.