Adults with low reading skills often have children with low reading skills. However, nurturing a positive attitude toward reading in the home can help put a stop to the cycle of illiteracy. To encourage reading to children, the Adult Literacy Service supports a family literacy outreach program to provide parents and children with new books, information on literacy, and fun workshops on reading. Through generous funding from our benefactors, we offer several services. Read all about it!

First Book, Krueger Read and Grow, & Friends First Book

These programs provide books to at-risk preschool and kindergarten children who, for economic reasons, have little or no access to books. Their purpose is to promote a love of reading and lay the foundation for a lifetime of literacy. Each month during the 2006/2007 school-year, approximately 1500 children in 74 classrooms around Tulsa County received a new book to take home. Tulsa's initiative is sponsored by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, the Krueger Foundation, and the Friends of the Tulsa City-County Libraries.