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A woman holds a copy of a children’s book toward a group of young readers sitting at a small wooden desk. They are working together in a laundromat. — The Laundry Cafe, owned by entrepreneur Brian Holland, is part of Philadelphia Public Library’s Read by 4th literacy initiative. (Rachel Wisniewski for Chalkbeat)

Literacy The Comeback Early Childhood

Lessons in the laundromat: Philly initiative promotes literacy in everyday spaces

By

Dale Mezzacappa

| February 8, 2022, 7:31pm UTC

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