ULC President and CEO Brooks Rainwater authored this article for the Education Trust, entitled "Libraries Are at the Heart of the Reading Ecosystem." The article celebrates the indispensable role of public libraries in advancing literacy—from phonics-focused collections in Toledo Lucas County Public Library and Chicago Public Library, to San Francisco Public Library’s FOG Readers and Skokie Public Library's Booking with a Buddy, to Brooklyn Public Library’s Teacher Lab.

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