Bright Beginnings in Alabama: Collective Advancements in Early Literacy

This seminar will showcase Feed Me Words, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, and Reach Out and Read Alabama. These Alabama programs provide early literacy programming to children and families through various methods. The collective goal is to introduce books to children early, this will help them become early readers and encourage family engagement.

Join us to learn more about the impact these programs are making in Alabama.

Presenters: Julie Odom, Feed Me Words, Alabama Partnership for Children; Kaelyn Christin, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, Dollywood Foundation; and Amy Crosby, Reach Out and Read Alabama, Alabama Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics.