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We Love Reading inspires children to read for fun through our research-backed read-aloud program, training local volunteers to read to children in their neighborhoods.

WHAT WE DO

WLR trains local volunteers to read aloud to children in their community, providing them with skills and knowledge to create a neighborhood library.

We have developed 32 children’s books about the environment, empathy, social cohesion, nonviolence, refugees, gender, and disabilities.

Since WLR’s founding, we have partnered with top institutions to conduct rigorous research on our read-aloud program.

WHY WE ARE UNIQUE

The WLR model is designed to be simple and accessible, making it easily adaptable to diverse cultural, linguistic, and socio-economic contexts.

The flexibility and cost-effectiveness of our community-based model allows it to easily spread across borders, and also makes it the ideal basis for a reading movement.

WLR believes in “paying it forward”—we train community members to encourage the love of reading in children, who pass that love onto their peers and families.

This is a social movement, one that leverages collective action at the local level to create change within the community and throughout society.

We strive to empirically demonstrate the impact the program has on society, children, and Reading Ambassadors.

Reading Turned Into Their Favorite Hobby

We Love Reading in Ethiopia

Klaus Jacobs Award

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

WHAT WE DO

WHY WE ARE UNIQUE

LATEST NEWS & STORIES

We Love Reading in Gaza

A Reading Session at the Fayetteville Public Library in Arkansas

Kick-off speech for the Social Entrepreneurship Program at the University of Arkansas

WLR program participation in Phi Research and Innovation Summit 2019

Dr. Dajani joined the 3rd Technical Consultation on ECD Parenting Programs

WLR’s research with Brown University was presented at the 2019 MIT LINC Conference