Raising a Reader

Raising A Reader has helped more than 1.5 million children and their families develop, practice, and maintain literacy routines vital to academic success.

80% of children participating in RAR live at or below the poverty line, and 42% are English Language Learners.

Read what children, parents, and teachers have to say about Raising A Reader:

"Mathew gets really excited when he gets to take home his red book bag every week with different books. He doesn’t even wait to get them home. He insists on staying in the car to look through them all." - RAR Parent from California

"My favorite thing is the books. My favorite book is called In the Small, Small Pond. I like all the animals. I like all the Raising A Reader books, and I like it when I get books and put them in my bag and check them out.”  - Raising A Reader Child

"Through Raising A Reader I learned how to be with my kids." - RAR Mom from Arizona 

"The RAR program has allowed our students to have daily access to books. Not all our student have library cards, but the program has instilled responsibility in our students so when the time comes to get a library card they will be confident in their role as a reader." - RAR Principal

“I like this program because it has books in English and Spanish. My child can hear me reading in Spanish.”  - RAR Parent

“Raising A Reader is really good because it helps me teach my child responsibility. He has to put the books away each night when we finish reading and he has to return the bag each week.”  - RAR Parent

With your help, Raising A Reader will support thousands of families in developing reading routines, practice early literacy skills by sharing award-winning books, and maintain home literacy habits through libraries by arming families with a love of reading.

Together, we can all say "I am Raising A Reader!"