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Location	Brooklyn, NY, United States
Introduction	Reach Out and Read makes literacy promotion a standard part of pediatric care so that children grow up with books and a love of reading. The program trains doctors and nurses to advise parents about the importance of reading aloud and to give books to children at pediatric check-ups from six months to five years of age. A special focus is placed on children growing up in poverty. Begun in 1989 at Boston Medical Center, the program has now grown to exist on a nation-wide scale. This blog chronicles the growth and development of a Reach Out and Read site in Sunset Park, Brooklyn at Lutheran Medical Center.

Location

Brooklyn, NY, United States

Introduction

Reach Out and Read makes literacy promotion a standard part of pediatric care so that children grow up with books and a love of reading. The program trains doctors and nurses to advise parents about the importance of reading aloud and to give books to children at pediatric check-ups from six months to five years of age. A special focus is placed on children growing up in poverty. Begun in 1989 at Boston Medical Center, the program has now grown to exist on a nation-wide scale. This blog chronicles the growth and development of a Reach Out and Read site in Sunset Park, Brooklyn at Lutheran Medical Center.