Calling families with young children! Make your voice heard by joining #StrollingThunderGA. Hosted by GEEARS: GA Early Ed Alliance for Ready Students, this event gives you the opportunity to share your joys and challenges directly with legislators. Register today: 2024strollingthunder.eventbrite.com

Have you heard? On Thursday, February 22nd, GEEARS: GA Early Ed Alliance for Ready Students is bringing young children and parents from around Georgia to meet their elected officials during Strolling Thunder! Register your family today! Click here to register: 2024strollingthunder.eventbrite.com

The Mayor’s Summer Reading Club’s invaluable partners produce literacy-rich programs for young kids and distribute hundreds of free books to their communities' families. Why don’t YOU join our crew? Click here to learn more and apply: tinyurl.com/yc3najky

The Mayor’s Summer Reading Club is far more than a book giveaway for Atlanta's little ones. We rely on community partners to pair our books with literacy-rich programming and we’re seeking those partners now! Click here to apply: tinyurl.com/yc3najky

Would you like to partner with the Mayor’s Summer Reading Club this season? Our partners create summer programming for children ages zero to five based on our two original MSRC books. Click here to learn more and apply: tinyurl.com/yc3najky

The next time you’re stuck on a long commute with your little one, look to Worldreader’s BookSmart for a literacy-rich diversion! This site gives readers access to free, digital picture books, including some from the MSRC! Check it out! tinyurl.com/438v86pz

The next time your child needs a literacy-rich diversion, look to Worldreader’s BookSmart! This site gives readers access to free, digital picture books, including Mayor’s Summer Reading Club selections! Click here to check it out! tinyurl.com/438v86pz

We're thrilled to see this lovely piece about Nicole Kang, illustrator of the 2023 MSRC book, "The Curious Cardinal," as well as our upcoming 2024 MSRC book. It's beautiful and we can't wait for you to see it! Read Nicole's profile here: roughdraftatlanta.com/2024/03/20/fro…

We're proud that the virtual library on Worldreader’s BookSmart includes almost all the original books created by the Mayor’s Summer Reading Club, from "Amari’s Big Idea" to our 2023 title, "The Curious Cardinal." Click here to check them out! tinyurl.com/438v86pz

Thank you to BCDI-Atlanta for amplifying this activity guide centered around our sweet MSRC book! We love that last summer's "The Curious Cardinal" keeps flying, and we can't wait to share two more original MSRC stories this summer!

EVENT ALERT: To optimally serve their students, early educators need an ecosystem of supports. We’ll learn all about these “Early Childhood Intersections” on the GEEARS 2024 Bus Tour, April 26th – 27th. Click here to register: geears.org/geearsbustour

The purpose of the Mayor's Summer Reading Club is to promote early literacy through language-rich books and enrichment activities. We provide the books, and you provide the programming. There is still time to apply! Learn more & complete the application: surveymonkey.com/r/QRKVSRZ

On June 6th, the MSRC will kick off its 12th season with read-alouds and VIP visitors! The 10am event will celebrate young readers, our original books and their authors, and the partners who'll stage events all summer. Get the details in SaportaReport. saportareport.com/the-mayors-sum… .

This summer, MSRC’s partners will stage programs oriented around our two original books for babies and young children. We'll start with our season kick-off on June 6th! The details are in SaportaReport. We hope to see you there! saportareport.com/the-mayors-sum…

It’s time for the Mayor’s Summer Reading Club! On June 6th, we’ll kick off our 12th season at Woodruff Arts Center. Join us with your kids for author talks, speakers, and giveaways of an original MSRC book. For all the details, check out our SaportaReport column: saportareport.com/the-mayors-sum…

Today we joined our partners Alliance Theatre, Atl Speech School, and City of Atlanta, GA's Mayor’s Division of Youth Development & Education to host the 2024 Mayor's Summer Reading Club kick-off event! Thanks to our funders PNC Bank, United Way of Greater Atlanta, Worldreader, and the LuluMa Foundation for making this possible!

Join us this Sunday, July 14 for a special reading from author of "Noah's Family Farm", Michaiah David Booker! ⁠As an @msrc_atl partner, we will free books AND fun activities! @youngauthorspublishing 📚🤩📖⁠ ⁠ 🔗 Grab your tickets today: bit.ly/CMA_tickets ⁠

Mayor's Summer Reading Club events are happening across the city! Click here to view our official summer calendar: geears.org/msrc-events/

Join our friends at Whitefoord Early Learning Academy for their Mayor's Summer Reading Club Brunch this Saturday, July 20th, at 10:00 AM! Click here to RSVP: signupgenius.com/go/10C0B44A9AC… Whitefoord, Inc.

At WAWA's O-Academy Summer Camp, campers read this summer's "Bina's Harvest" and learned about aquaponics. We loved seeing our farm-focused MSRC books connected with real-world agriculture! To learn about more MSRC activities and events, click geears.org/msrc-events/.