About Us

Our Mission

Reach Out and Read prepares America’s youngest children to succeed in school by partnering with doctors to prescribe books and encourage families to read together.

Reach Out and Read (ROR) is a national nonprofit organization that promotes early literacy by giving new books to children and advice to parents about the importance of reading aloud in pediatric exam rooms across the nation. Doctors and nurses know that growing up healthy means growing up with books.  The ROR program provides the tools to help promote children’s developmental skills and later school success.

Reach Out and Read Washington State

Reach Out and Read Washington State is a Coalition of the Reach Out and Read National Center. Launched in 2007, Reach Out and Read Washington State helps makes books part of a healthy childhood through support for Reach Out and Read programs across Washington. Learn more about our programs by clicking on the “Our Programs” tab above.