We give books to Georgia children to give our State an educated, competitive, and productive workforce.

"Imagine the Possibilities" if every child in our community enters Kindergarten having been read to regularly by the most important teacher they will ever have - their parents.

 
In participating Georgia counties, each month, until age 5, a new book will be mailed directly to the registered child's home address.

The 2011 CEO Battle was a successful and spirited competition between some of Georgia’s most recognizable business and education leaders from around the state. It was full of ups and downs and was marked by very real competition by several of the participants. It was a very successful way of engaging business and education leaders to talk about and think about the issue of childhood literacy and the work of Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy. Thank you all who voted in the contest and thank you all for logging on and watching these high profile executives and the way they interacted with the children in the schools they visited for this program. The Favorite Reader award was awarded to Mr. Wood on Tuesday, February 15th at the luncheon program of the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta. Job well done by all those who participated. Congratulations to Paul Wood, CEO of Georgia EMC as the Favorite Reader in the 2011 CEO Battle!

Click here to see the awards presentation with Paul Wood.

We currently have partners in the following 80 counties and 10 communities in Cobb, Dekalb and Fulton Counties:
Baldwin, Banks, Bibb, Brooks, Burke, Butts, Calhoun, Camden, Candler, Carroll, Catoosa, Chatham, Chattahoochee, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Colquitt, Columbia, Coweta, Dade, Dawson, Dodge, Dougherty, Elbert, Evans, Fannin, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Gilmer, Glascock, Glynn, Grady, Greene, Hall, Hancock, Haralson, Harris, Hart, Heard, Henry, Houston, Jasper, Jefferson, Jones, Lamar, Laurens, Lincoln, Lowndes, Lumpkin, McDuffie, McIntosh, Meriwether, Mitchell, Monroe, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Pickens, Putnam, Rabun, Randolph, Richmond, Screven, Seminole, Stephens, Sumter, Talbot, Taliaferro, Telfair, Thomas, Towns, Upson, Walker, Walton, Warren, Washington, Wayne, and Wilkinson counties and we have pilot programs functioning in these 3 urban counties: Cobb, DeKalb, & Fulton.

Children may receive up to a maximum of 60 books, depending on their age when they enter the program.

There is absolutely no cost (ever) to registered children!
Each child will receive one book monthly that is to be read to them by their parents or care givers, then placed in the specially designed bookends that will also be available.

These books become the child's own to read over and over and perhaps pass down to their children.

If your child lives in a participating community and is under the age of 5, fill out and return the registration form for each qualifying child or you can register online by clicking here .