Everybody Reads
Good Books in Little Hands make a Big Difference
Everybody Reads provides books to young children living in the lowest income areas of our community
About
Everybody Reads is a Charlotte based non-profit whose purpose is to promote reading and early literacy skills in our youngest learners. We focus on children 0-5 living in the low income areas of our community. Literacy is the foundation of all successful learners and we hold a vision of a community where everybody reads.
What We Do
Provide Books
We provide high quality age appropriate books for our children's homes and their childcare centers.
Promote Reading
We promote daily reading to children 0-5 during the most critical time of their brain development.
Create Awareness
80% of preschools serving low income populations have NO age
books for their children
61% of children living in low income homes have NO books
Only 41% of third graders in Charlotte are
reading on grade level
When children are not reading proficient by 3rd grade they are 4 times more likely to drop out of school and 2/3 of those children will end up in jail or on welfare
The most successful way to improve the reading achievement of children is to increase their access to books.
