Books Aloud!:
The Free Library of Philadelphia's
Books Aloud! is an outreach program for parents of preschool children, day care providers and preschool teachers, providing them with the skills to read aloud successfully with young children.
Being read aloud to is the single most important factor in determining a young child’s school success and lifelong literacy. Just as a child develops language skills long before being able to speak, literacy skills are developed long before being able to read.