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CLICK here for the article - HOMEGROWN LITERACY EFFORT SETTING RECORDS NATIONWIDE by Bob Sigall of the Star Advertiser 12/28/12

 See Hawaii News Now
 coverage of
Read Aloud America

Over 1000 parents & students attended Waipahu Elementary RAP

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The French got it!

Paper is not dead!


Read Aloud America will be hosting nine RAP programs a year for the next five years at Hana School starting in the summer of 2016.


Presenters: Gino Pascual, Joanne Laird


Ka`ala Elementary
Triplets Ashley, Aloha & Jennifer Ceria
 


Canines now part of RAP at Keaukaha Elementary, Hilo
 



Our Mission

Through the fun of reading and being read-to,
Read Aloud America promotes literacy, bonds families,
and builds communities of lifetime readers.

Read the article in the Star Advertiser Op-Ed section: "Early education must start with involved parents - and a good book"
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Volunteers from Disney's Aulani Resort enjoy
pizza dinner at a Barber's Point RAP program
 


Book Swap Table


Kids with fruit donated by Whole Foods Market
on Maui & Oahu


Joanne Laird, RAP Program Director and presenter with
Adult RAP Winner.


http://youtu.be/S5ivmDoAYVE
Living Local with the Baraquios 
episode on OC16 featuring Read Aloud America




"Read Aloud America's focus & achievements make it the most successful parent-education program of its kind in the U.S.," says Jim Trelease, one of the leading experts on education and literacy, in a letter all should read dated July, 2015. Click here

Read additional testimonials from a Makaha Elementary parent and a Barbers Point Elementary teacher/parent.  Click here for more.
 


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Founded in 1995 our family literacy program has been growing over the past 20 years to become the largest and most effective in America!


 


Linapuni School / Oahu / RAP / 9•18•2014
Sponsored by TARGET
 


Tim Shim, presenter on Maui

Former Lt. Governor Duke Aiona at RAP Kualapu'u / Moloka'i
Midweek Cover Story
 June 25, 2014
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Lt. Governor Shan Tsutsui reads to the adults at RAP, Pohakea Elementary, Oahu

 

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