Building up Kids to Read

I just discovered a great article on CNN from the weekend about helping kids become readers.

Essentially, kids need to see adults in their lives reading - even if it is from an E-reader. Reading in front of kids sends the message that you care about reading, about learning, and that you enjoy discovering new things from books.

Second - kids need to be read to when they are little!

The problem is that middle and high income families know this. They read to their babies when they are young, and they buy them books when they are growing up.

But how do we transfer this knowledge to lower income and struggling families? How do we help them get the resources they need to help their babies?

Part of my belief in Library Build is that libraries have the power to help these families because libraries not only offer free books, but free classes, readings, and free resources for parents.

So how to create the connection between libraries and books, and the knowledge that reading is important - to everyone?