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Raising a Reader Executive Director Suzanne Wheeler-Del Piccolo knows the best way to promote children’s art and literacy: host a free, bilingual festival, offer activities and crafts, and send each child home with a complimentary book.

Schools around the country and our region are back in session, and for some incoming kindergarten students, this is their first time in a classroom. In recent years, preschool has been elevated as a critical component for school success, yet not all students enter kindergarten after attending preschool.

It’s not just about the children. There’s an important reading lesson for parents and caregivers, as well, who attended the recent Raising a Reader Summer Camps with their preschool-aged children — hand gestures and elaboration.

The interior of Cajun Cleaners is a little more literary following a display built by Raising A Reader Aspen to Parachute and Vroom, an early-learning program.

After decades of being one of the first and strongest advocates for Raising A Reader, Suzanne Wheeler-Del Piccolo took the helm of the early childhood literacy nonprofit.