Many conversations start this way ...

Conversations between parents, mothers and grandmothers, parents and child care providers, parents and children. They are each talking about the important matters discussed in the doctor's office including vaccines, sleep issues,
speech development, and so many other topics
that are essential to a child's development.

Why add another topic to the list of things we
talk about with parents? Why talk about
books and pre-literacy development? Why
provide books or urge visits to the local library?
There are many reasons ...

To read more about the
importance of literacy
promotion in primary
care pediatrics, and
  to view authors and 
     acknowledgments,
             please click here.