What is Reach Out & Read?
At every well-child visit, Reach Out and Read helps parents make reading a daily habit from birth.
Clinicians talk with families about the benefits of reading aloud, show simple ways to share books, and give tips for engaging young children. Families leave inspired to cuddle up with a book and build strong bonds through reading.
Reach Out and Read is the only early literacy model endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, reaching 4.6 million children every year.
“I am going to see the doctor. She is going to give me a book today and we will read together. She lets me keep the book!”
– Reach Out and Read 4 year-old in Massachusetts
Reach Out & Read Delivers Results
- We serve 4.6 million children every year.
- Over 60% of the children we serve are Black, Indigenous, and people of color, and nearly 70% come from low-income families.
- Our model can reach up to 90% of all U.S. children through well-child visits starting at birth.
- More than 39,000 clinicians are trained to deliver our program.