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Sign Your Child Up To Receive Free Books!

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they turn 5 years old. Sign your child up to start receiving their free book mailed directly to your home each month. While Dolly Parton helps ELCFV obtain these books at a reduced cost, she does not pay for the entire program. Instead, it is supported entirely by generous donors and sponsors within our community. Register Now *Please … Read more

1000 Books Before Kindergarten™ Program

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten™ is a self-paced, early literacy program for children ages 0-6 designed to increase vocabulary, build reading confidence and promote pre-reading skills necessary for kindergarten. Register and track your reading online or by visiting any Volusia County Public Library branch. Click here to enroll. Be sure to subscribe to the library’s 1000 books newsletter!

10 Ways to Encourage Your Preschooler to Read

By Louise Baigelman via Understood Use these strategies to help make reading familiar and fun for your preschooler. These tips can also help kids who learn and think differently start to work on the basic skills they need to become readers. 1. Read stories to your child. Try to read together every day. Make this a special one-on-one time that your child can look forward to. Curl up together in a cozy chair or designate a … Read more