The Family Reading Partnership delivers programs and materials designed to empower families to playfully engage with their young children as a pathway to literacy. We achieve our mission by: Bright Red Bookshelves in over 50 locations in Tompkins County offer free, gently used books for children to take home and keep. Books to Grow On gifts new books to all families from before birth through age five at a pre-natal medical visit, all child well-visits to Tompkins County medical providers, and at Kindergarten registration. Traveling Books provides a volunteer reader and rotating collection of books to daycare providers throughout and beyond Tompkins County. Every Baby, Every Day Talk, Sing. Read. Play initiative, funded by the Park Foundation, gives gentle suggestions to caregivers to engage together with the children in their lives through books and playful communication. Programs include: Read-to-Me Banners, Changing Table Chats, Read-Along Love Songs for Baby, and Shop for Words. Story Walks being added in all areas of the County as an active and fun way to promote reading and family interaction. Many small programs specifically serving under-resourced community members via the Tompkins County Health Department, The Child Development Council, and others.