Books for Babies

Reading Program

Providing free books to new babies born in Nebraska hospitals

with the goal of boosting literacy & enouraging a love of reading

25%

The percentage of children in the US who do not learn how to read.

1 in 4

The number of children who are never read to by their parents.

1 million

The number of words a child will have mastered by the time he/she enters kindergarten if he/she is read one book a day by a caregiver.

Keep their growing minds engaged