Read to Grow

Read to Grow is a statewide nonprofit organization that helps build early literacy for Connecticut’s children. It is the only statewide organization that places books in the hands of parents at their baby’s birth. Books for Babies encourages parents to seize the window of opportunity for bonding and brain development that exists early in each child’s life. Free children’s books are also provided to families and programs in need as well as parental guidance on building the foundation for later literacy and learning. The program intends to reach 680 low-income families giving birth at Hospital of St. Raphael’s and Yale-New Haven Hospital. These families will come from New Haven, West Haven, East Haven and Hamden.