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A rule of thumb for predicting future success is to know the number of books in the home.
Goertzel, V., Goertzel, M.G., Goertzel, T.G., & Hansen, A. (2004). Cradles of Eminence: Childhoods of More Than 700 Famous Men and Women. Scottsdale, AZ: Great Potential Press.
Children's library staff and family support workers who participated in RFHF committed to providing early literacy education to 15 families. RFHF provided each participant with 15 giveaway books, one for each family. The RFHF advisory group recommended the books given away in Year One, and children's librarians across Oregon recommended books given away in Year Two.
Based on feedback from Year One participants, RFHF provided special books as incentives for Healthy Start families visiting the library for the first time in Year Two and Year Three. These first library visit incentive books were those pop-up, lift-the-flap, book on CD, and touch-and-feel that many high-risk families can't afford. These special books play a wonderful role in developing print motivation.
These titles have been put on a digital bookshelf online, take a look!
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