The Ready for K Alliance is dedicated to supporting healthy literacy development and kindergarten readiness by making the Louisville Growing Readers digital library available to our community to support children and families before the first day of kindergarten.

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Book Desert

The book desert map illustrates disparities across Jefferson County of green book gardens and red book deserts.

Just as a food desert map can illustrate food insecurity, so too can a book desert map expose book insecurity. It is increasingly understood that an inequitable distribution of relevant books—especially for families with young children—is a significant contributor to persistent and pervasive educational disparities.

Louisville Free Digital Library

This resource from Unite for Literacy is free and available to everyone!
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CLICK to view tips for reading as a family:
English
Arabic
Nepali
Somali
Spanish
Swahili

Louisville Free Digital Library

Tips for parents to create lifelong readers

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If you would like to learn more about Louisville Growing Readers or have questions, reach out to Ashley Brandt, Metro United Way Director, Early Care and Education, below.

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Book Desert

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Tips for parents to create lifelong readers

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