Read Across Maryland

As the  President of the Maryland Library Association, this week I attended and participated  in several events associated with READ ACROSS MARYLAND, a collaborative effort  between librarians and educators.  Watching the faces of the first graders to whom I was reading, reminded me of the Family literacy program I initiated for the children of incarcerated parents in two of Maryland's prisons.  I will be working with public librarians to explore collaborative ways to work together with prison libraries and with children of prisoners.