Literacy In Community

🎓 Congratulations to our 15 🌟Very Involved Parent (VIP) Academy🌟 graduates in Upper Manhattan! Families were honored at @809NYC w/ citations from Councilmember @CnDelarosa & Assemblymember @AMDeLosSantos72 👩‍👩‍👧‍👧📖Discover how you can become a LINC VIP: lincnyc.org/vip

East New York—TOMORROW is your Summer Reading Celebration with @enyfarms + LINC! Enjoy a morning of stories, songs, dancing & tips to spark your little one’s love of reading all summer long. 📖💡 🗓️Saturday, July 26 ⏰ 10-11 am 📋RSVP: tinyurl.com/eny25farms

🌱☀️Books & Blankets returns to East Harlem! We’re bringing stories, songs & early literacy fun to 2 neighborhood gardens: 📅7/30 | Mission Garden w/ @NYCGreenThumb 📅8/1 | El Cataño Garden w/ @NYRP FREE fun for children 0–5 yrs old but all are welcome: tinyurl.com/eh25summer

Staten Island families: don't miss our 7/25 "Red, White, and Whoo with Owls!" program with our friends at @nypl's Stapleton Library! Enjoy a morning of 🦉📖 owl-themed stories, 💡early literacy tips, and family fun. Free RSVP here: tinyurl.com/slsi25

📚Jamaica, Queens parents & caregivers—join us & our partners at @QPLNYC's Baisley Park Library for Growing Readers—an afternoon of stories, tips & play designed to help you support your little one’s love of reading! 🗓️Tuesday, 7/29 ⏰1-3 pm 🎟️Free RSVP: bit.ly/4gAxxwg

📢TOMORROW, Bronx LINC families! Join us & our friends at @WaveHill for our prgm series "Stories in the Garden" 🌿📖 A morning of read-alouds & hands-on fun in the Bronx: 🗓️ Thurs, July 24 ⏰ 10:15–12:15pm 📍 4900 Independence Ave FREE RSVP here: bit.ly/lincwave24

Washington Heights families: TOMORROW—"Books in the Wild," a FREE literacy adventure in the park learning print concepts & a reading scavenger hunt featuring the story "We Are in a Book" by @mowillems 📖🌳 📍164th & Edgecombe ⏰10:30–11:30 AM 📋RSVP: tinyurl.com/adv25wh

Get ready for Boogie Woogie Wednesdays, Staten Island! 💃🏾🎶Join us on 7/23 for an afternoon of Eastern European folk dancing & storytelling fun with our friends at @kidsmuseum. 🎟$8 admission | RSVP: tinyurl.com/sicm25linc *Free entry w/ @coolculture Pass, EBT/SNAP or IDNYC

We're celebrating #InternationalDayofYoga with a shoutout to next week’s Yoga in the Park with our LINC Fordham families! 🌳📚🧘🏽‍♀️Join us & our partners at @NYCParks' Poe Park for stories, stretches & early literacy fun. 📅 July 29 ⏰ 10:30am 🎟️ FREE RSVP: tinyurl.com/poe25linc

🌿📚East Harlem families, Our next Books & Blankets July sessions are here: 📅July 23: Diversity Edible Farm Garden w/ @NYCGreenThumb 📅July 25: El Cataño Garden w/ @NYRP 🎶 Stories, songs & early literacy joy for ages 0–5—but everyone is welcome.📋RSVP: tinyurl.com/eh25summer

It’s 🍦National Ice Cream Day & we’ve got the scoop!Our LINC team is sharing fave summer reads + icy treats: 📚Little Astrology Catrinas by Mariana Galvez 📚You Are My Little Baby by Eric Carle 📚The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli! Celebrate w/ a cone + a book today!📖🍨

🕺🏾🌍Staten Island LINC families—join us & our friends at @kidsmuseum for Boogie Woogie Wednesdays, featuring folk dancing & stories from Eastern Europe! 🗓️July 23 ⏰2:30–3:30 pm 🎟$8 admission | RSVP: tinyurl.com/sicm25linc *Free entry w/ Cool Culture Pass, EBT/SNAP, or IDNYC

☀️📖 East New York families—our next Summer Reading Celebration is almost here! Join us and our friends at @enyfarms for a joyful morning of stories, songs, dancing & tips to spark your little one’s love of reading all summer long. 🗓️ July 26 📋RSVP: tinyurl.com/eny25farms

🦉Whooo’s ready to read Staten Island families? Join us and our friends at @nypl's Stapleton Library for our "Red, White, and Whoo with Owls!" program. Stories, owl fun, literacy tips! 🗓️ 7/25 ⏰ 10:30am 📍 132 Canal Street, Staten Island Free RSVP: tinyurl.com/slsi25

🌿📚East Harlem families, Our next Books & Blankets July sessions are here: 📅July 23: Diversity Edible Farm Garden w/ @NYCGreenThumb 📅July 25: El Cataño Garden w/ @NYRP 🎶 Stories, songs & early literacy joy for ages 0–5—but everyone is welcome.📋RSVP: tinyurl.com/eh25summer

🌿📚 Bronx families—join us at @WaveHill for Stories in the Garden! Interactive read-alouds & fun activities that bring stories to life. 🗓️ Thurs, July 24 ⏰ 10:15–12:15pm 📍 4900 Independence Ave FREE for kids 0–5 & all welcome! RSVP: bit.ly/lincwave24

Washington Heights families, we’re going on a Book Safari! 🦁📚 Join us for "Books in the Wild" on 7/23 for a FREE morning of reading fun, learning print concepts & a reading scavenger hunt featuring the story "We Are in a Book" by @mowillems. RSVP here: tinyurl.com/adv25wh

🌱📚 Join us this week East Harlem families for our next "Books & Blankets" program series—right in your neighborhood gardens! 📅July 16: Mission Garden with @NYCGreenThumb 📅July 18: El Cataño Garden with @NYRP 🕚11 am–12 pm 📋FREE RSVP: tinyurl.com/eh25summer

17 orgs. 10 years. 1 mission. #CitysFirstReaders wrapped a powerful year of early literacy in NYC: 📚 440K books 🗂️ 598 program sites 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 1.1M touchpoints with families Let’s build on that momentum. Read our full blog post: tinyurl.com/CitysFirstRead…

A decade of 📚 and 💛: #CitysFirstReaders is 10 years strong! Last year alone: 👶🏾 43,885 new library cards for kids under 5 🏡 440,000 books distributed 🧠 And 1.1 million moments that nurtured growing minds. Read our full blog post: tinyurl.com/CitysFirstRead…

📣NYC educators, caregivers & community advocates—join @NYCReads on 7/15 for the final session of their Early Childhood Design Sprint Series.🧠📚 Co-hosted by LINC, @nyulangone, @NYCSchools & @CPRL4ed—to co-create a path from birth to kindergarten. RSVP: tinyurl.com/LINCDesignSpri…