Appalachian Literacy Initiative
A child who learns to read proficiently has a great advantage over one that does not. If children lack access to books, they do not learn to read as well.
Sounds obvious, doesn’t it? It’s substantiated by a lot of current research: underprivileged children need more access to books than they currently have.
We live in Appalachia, a beautiful part of the country with a history of entrenched poverty. There are small rural schools here without libraries. Towns without libraries. Children who grow up without ever owning a book of their own.
We are changing that. We want to break this cycle.
