Please Read To Me
is a multicultural, bilingual book that shows parents, grandparents, siblings, and caregivers the joys and benefits of bonding with babies and young children by reading to them. Featuring beautiful illustrations donated by Maine artists, the story is a child's plea for love and literacy. The rhyming text makes it fun to read aloud and young children enjoy the humorous and bright illustrations that reveal the whole story.
In addition to being an ideal birth and baby shower gift,
is a dynamic family literacy advocacy tool. The board book version of
Please Read to Me
was a recipient of two Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation grants and was distributed to Maine babies and children in 2021 and 2023. Find your free poster and family literacy resources at BookFairyPantryProject.org. All sales of this book support family literacy through the Book Fairy Pantry Project, a nonprofit initiative of Kindred World.