Fourteen months ago the Southwest Neighborhood Library was honored to be the location of Councilman Allen’s announcement of his intent to introduce legislation to create a new early childhood literacy program, Books from Birth. On Thursday, Feb. 4, his vision became reality. The program was launched at the Children’s National […]
Books From Birth is open to all children under the age of five who live in Washington, DC. Please complete the form at http://dclibrary.org/booksfrombirth to register the eligible children in your household for the Books From Birth program. If you have any questions or any technical issues filling out the application, please contact us booksfrombirth@dc.gov. […]
DC Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen held a press conference Jan. 16 at the Southwest Public Library to announce the upcoming introduction of his bill to create a new early literacy initiative in partnership with DC Public Libraries. “Books from Birth” will mail a book to each child in the […]
