Brigid Hubberman, Director of Children’s Reading Connections, Discusses the New Community Read, “30 Million Words”[audio]

By WRFI News Staff | January 29, 2018

Literacy advocate Brigid Hubberman talks about the new “community read”, 30 Million Words, by Dr. Dana Suskind.  She discusses the concept behind the book, which describes the child development research showing the importance of using varied and rich words when talking to newborn babies, continuing into early childhood.

For more information, go to https://www.childrensreadingconnection.org/

(photo: Creative Commons; flickr)

Esther Racoosin of WRFI News produced this interview, that initially aired on January 29th, 2018.

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