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Books from Birth

Igniting Literacy for Every Newborn

Books from Birth partners with hospitals systems and home visiting organizations to send newborns home with a starter home library of 10 brand new board books. 

What is Books from Birth?

Book Harvest's Books from Birth partners with hospitals systems to send every newborn home with a starter home library of 10 brand new board books.

 

This home library will foster early language and reading routines at home from a baby's very first days, laying the foundation for optimal brain development in the first five years -- the precondition for a healthy childhood, school readiness, and a lifetime of flourishing.

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Books from Birth launched in March 2023.

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Why Books from Birth Matters

• Literacy promotion and support from a family's medical team increase active engagement in literacy activities at home including reading aloud several times every week, enjoying reading, and reporting that reading together is a favorite shared family activity. [1]

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• Books in the home are the single biggest predictor of a child’s reading proficiency and long term success in school. [2]

 

• The American Academy of Pediatrics asserts that literacy begins at birth in the home, with parents. [3] [4]

Que con los libros le ayudo a mis hijos a fomentar mas la lectura y aprenden a hablar con mas claridad... lo mas importante es que desde pequeños les enseño a tener mas interes en leer libros. That with books I help my children to promote reading more and they learn to speak more clearly...the most important thing is that from a young age I teach them to be more interested in reading books.

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Joining the Books from Birth Network

Partners who join Book Harvest's Books from Birth network commit to:

  • participating in the pilot program for a minimum of 12 months;

  • providing all families with newborns in the practice with a Books from Birth box containing 10 brand new curated books and early literacy resources;

  • coordinating the attendance of all clinic staff at two lunch & learn sessions with Book Harvest staff;

  • assigning a clinical liaison at the practice who conducts monthly check-ins with Book Harvest's Books from Birth Specialist;

  • and providing monthly report of data.

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Interested in learning more about Books from Birth? Contact Wilmarie Cintron-Tyson, Books from Birth Implementation Specialist, at wilmarie@bookharvest.org. 

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Books from Birth Locations

Thank you to our Books from Birth funders: Stacey and Mark Yusko, Blue Cross Blue Shield NC, Duke Office of Durham and Community Affairs, NC Office of State Budget and Management (NC OSBM)

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