And it couldn’t be more obvious—or easier—to address.

(WJW) — Kids, put down those tablets, gadgets and gizmos and reach for a book instead! Now through August, a little summer reading can score you free pizza from Pizza Hut. The popular pizza chain ...

If you credit your current-day reading prowess to Pizza Hut’s BOOK IT! program, which launched in the mid-’80s, I see you. Originally, the program motivated students aged 4–12 to hit monthly reading ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) -A Rock Island nonprofit working to boost early literacy is expanding its reach as it continues putting new books into the hands of young students. Planting Books: Seeds 4 a ...

ST. LOUIS — A literacy program that provides free books to Missouri children is facing a major budget cut, prompting the state to freeze new enrollment starting July 1. Dolly Parton's Imagination ...

Missouri has slashed state funding for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library from about $6 million to $2 million. According to a report, the budget cut puts the free book program for over 17,000 children ...

(NewsNation) — Country music legend Dolly Parton’s free book program is set to lose state funding in Missouri, multiple outlets reported this month. Missouri will cut funding for Parton’s Imagination ...

Missouri reportedly cut its budget by $4 million for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library literacy program. The program sends free books each month to kids under five. The budget cuts mean the state can ...

Thousands of kids won’t have access to books in their homes after Missouri defunded millions from the Imagination Library. Pool Getty Images Do Missouri lawmakers even care about the education of our ...

Dolly Parton performed in Missouri and Kansas to celebrate statewide implementation of her program delivering free books to kids. Missouri is slashing state funding for the Imagination Library, which ...

Orange County Library System staff celebrate National Library Outreach Day on April 22 and tout their mobile book services. Credit: Orange County Library System Orange County’s public library system ...