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BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A local hospital is helping parents start building their baby’s brain from day one by encouraging a simple act: reading.

April 15, 2026 WAFB-TV Leaders from Woman’s Hospital, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation (BRAF) and Book Harvest proudly announced the Books from Birth early literacy initiative. This program is designed to empower families by providing newborns and their parents with a starter home library kit to help foster a lifelong love of reading as early as possible.

Woman's Hospital launches new early reading initiative April 15, 2026 4:21 PM in WBRZ By WBRZ Staff BATON ROUGE - New moms at Woman's Hospital will be headed home with their newborns and a handful of books thanks to the hospital's new literacy initiative. Woman's announced Wednesday it's partnering with the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and Book Harvest to kick off the Books from Birth early literacy initiative. Now, new parents will receive a starter library of 10 new board bo

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Thousands of families in North Carolina’s most economically distressed counties will soon have more access to books and literacy supports through $10 million in two new grants from The Leon Levine Foundation.

The Charlotte-based Leon Levine Foundation will give $10 million in two grants to help childhood literacy. The grants will give thousands of North Carolina families in the state’s most economically distressed counties access to books and literacy support.

Book Harvest’s “Books from Birth” Program by: Trent Gilbreath Posted: Nov 14, 2025 / 11:16 AM EST

Supporting Children’s Literacy with Book Harvest

The National Center for Families Learning and Book Outlet worked together to donate over 11,000 books to the Book Harvest.

Maria and Tiara’s stories emerge from Book Harvest, a North Carolina-based organization that has provided 2.5 million books to families

we heard about the stressors that families and health care practitioners continue to face to provide quality services

On Dec. 9, my colleagues and I found ourselves driving west in the Book Harvest book truck toward the mountains of North Carolina.

Education groups push to change school suspension rules in NC Education August 16, 2024 By Emily Walkenhorst , WRAL education reporter...

Book Harvest announces partnership with N.C. State By The 10th Street Journal on July 31, 2024 Book Harvest, a nonprofit literacy...

‘Book Harvest’ works to transform children’s literacy, providing more than 2 million books to families in North Carolina since 2011. Preview

PRE News & Ideas | By Annette Weston Published June 18, 2024 at 6:46 AM EDT Public Radio for Eastern North Carolina Babies born in...

ECU HEALTH | JUNE 14, 2024 Originally published on ecuhealth.org Books from Birth, a Book Harvest program, will begin providing...

The Mountaineer March 26, 2024 More than 3,000 students in eight elementary schools in Haywood County will be gifted a home library of 10...

The Caswell Messenger | Feb 15, 2024 Caswell County covers over 400 square miles. It can be a long trip, 15 miles or more, from the far...

BY LAUREN PEHLIVANIAN ON JANUARY 17, 2024 Originally published by The 9th Street Journal. Read online. On an outdoor stage at Durham’s...

By Jackson Fromm Published Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024 Originally published on dailytarheel.com Since the beginning of December, book...