More than one million VPK – 5th grade students in Florida are currently eligible to receive FREE books and reading activities each month of the school year through the New Worlds Reading Initiative.

Remember the Book It! program that kept many of us interested in reading through our formative years? It is still alive and well — turning 40 this year, as a matter of fact, and has spun off ...

More than one million VPK – 5th grade students in Florida are currently eligible to receive FREE books and reading activities.

There is simply no educational equity, no opportunity and no meaningful learning without skilled and proficient reading — but city schools have taught it badly for decades.

CBS12 News spoke with Dr. Shaunté Duggins, a literacy expert at the University of Florida, who serves as the Associate Director of New Worlds Reading at the Lassinger Center for Learning.

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Dr. Duggins said the New Worlds Reading Initiative helps students avoid the summer slide by providing books to parents.