Sunday, April 14th RAR will be kicking off Week of the Young Child in San Francisco with a Dia De Los Ninos Celebration! This year’s Dia celebration will be held in partnerships with Sunday Streets, in front of the Mission Branch Library. From 11am to 3pm families can come enjoy the many great activities, music,…
Welcome Gabriela! We are so happy to welcome our newest Program Coordinator in San Francisco, Gabriela Rodriguez, to the Raising A Reader team! Gabriela joins Raising A Reader with experience teaching as a college professor, as well as an English language teacher for kindergarten public programs in Chiapas, Mexico. She also most recently served as…
Raising A Reader San Francisco and Alameda Counties has been selected as one of Give Something Back’s top 40 inspiring non-profits!
There’s still time left to RSVP to Raising A Reader San Francisco and Alameda Counties’ first holiday party and fundraiser! For more information, check out the message from our Executive Director in the video below:
In honor of Indigenous People’s Day, Oct. 8, below are two books from Raising A Reader’s collection on Native American culture and beliefs.
Antonio Sacre, a book author and fantastic storyteller, was also there to help celebrate the day.
Raising A Reader profiled! We are thrilled to announce that Raising A Reader’s Executive Director, Molly Wertz, was profiled by the San Francisco Business Times. Below is the article that ran on Friday, Sept. 7. Molly Wertz, executive director of Raising A Reader San Francisco Premium content from San Francisco Business Times by Renée Frojo, Reporter…
Here at Raising A Reader we love the start of a new school year! It’s a time of busy excitement as our coordinators return to classrooms across the Bay Area to help kick off the program. As those Raising A Reader red bags start their weekly journeys home again, among the hundreds of great titles…
There are wonderful and free events taking place at public libraries in your neighborhood. Here are some programs being offered through the Oakland and San Francisco public libraries:
Summer Early Literacy Tips Summer is a great time for young children to practice their literacy skills! While parents shuttle their children to the park, the pool, the grocery store, the beach, and other destinations, they can reinforce early literacy skills by simply talking about everything and anything they see, or playing easy, fun games…