Literacy in Georgia
A third of our children come to
school unprepared to learn.
Approximately 61% of low-income
families do not have a single
piece of reading material
suitable for a child.
41% of Georgia's 4th graders do
not read at grade level.
1 in 5 of our children lives in poverty
Several States plan how many jail cells
they will build in the future by how many
children are not reading on grade level
by 3rd & 4th grade.
Georgia scored 46th on SATs in 2006.
Nearly 40% of Georgia's students do
not graduate from high school (we rank
49th or 50th nationally in drop outs)
One in four adults in Georgia
operates at a low literacy level.
People in the U.S. who are illiterate
represent 75% of the unemployed,
33% of mothers receiving aid, 85%
of juveniles who appear in court
and 60% of prison inmates.
Georgia spends $170 million a
year on remedial education.
Economic studies show that investments
in quality child care and education
for children in their preschool years
provide a return of up to 20%.
With your help, this can change…
Available at the Library
Birth to 3 Years Old 
- Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
- Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
- Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
- Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
- Where's Spot? by Eric Hill
- Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
- Corduroy by Don Freeman
- The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr
- I Can! Can You? by Peggy Parish
- I'm a Little Mouse by Noelle & David Carter
- Miffy series by Dick Bruna
- Tom and Pippo Make a Friend by Helen Oxenbury
- Mr. Gumpy’s Motorcar by John Burningham
- Do You Want To Be My Friend? and The Very Hungry Catepillar by Eric Carle
- Freight Train by Donald Crews
- Ask Mr. Bear by Marjorie Flack
- Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue? by Tana Hoban
- Blueberries For Sale by Robert McCloskey
- Quick As A Cricket by Audrey Wood
- Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
4 & 5 Years Old 
- Arthur series by Marc Brown
- A Color Of His Own by Leo Lionni
- The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
- Are You My Mother? by Philip Eastman
- Chester’s Way by Kevin Henkes
- Curious George by H. A. Rey
- I Wanna Iguana by Karen Orloff
- Owen by Kevin Henkes
- Tuesday by David Wiesner
- Little Bear series by Else H. Minark
- Frog and Toad series by Arnold Lobel
- Move Over, Rover by Karen Beaumont
- Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
- How I Became A Pirate by Melinda Long
- The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by John Scieszka
- If you Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
- Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
- Monster Who Ate My Peas by Danny Schnitzlien
- Diary of a Worm and Diary of A Spider by Doreen Cronin
An additional resource for book suggestions is The Read-Aloud Handbook Including a giant treasury of great read-aloud books by Jim Trelease (published by Penguin Books). The author has a website at http://www.trelease-on-reading.com.