“One Book, Every Young Child” is Pennsylvania’s first collaborative project highlighting the importance of early literacy development in preschoolers. The participating agencies share a mission to foster early childhood literacy and show preschoolers how much fun reading can be. The early learning initiative brings attention to the ways that children develop six early literacy skills and what parents and educators may do to encourage children’s acquisition of the skills.
Libraries will have multiple copies of the book for check out. And of special interest to our partners in early childhood education, there is an activity-filled Traveling Trunk which they may borrow from their local library! Please contact your local library to learn more or reserve use of the Traveling Trunk.
April 14 through April 20
Join The Library as we celebrate Pennsylvania's One Book, Every Young Child selection for 2013 – The Bus For Us by Suzanne Bloom. During this week-long celebration, storytimes will feature the book and each child will get a copy to keep! Special displays and Discovery Station activity centers will be at your library throughout April.
Featured Book
2013: The Bus for Us by Suzanne Bloom
Tess is excited. Today is her first day of school, and her very first ride on a school bus. Waiting at the bus stop with her older friend Gus, Tess eagerly asks, "Is this the bus for us, Gus?" as each vehicle passes by. From fire engine to front loader, Suzanne Bloom introduces young readers to a variety of vehicles through a simple text and spirited illustrations.
For more about this statewide early learning initiative, please go to www.paonebook.org