[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 27, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E225]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





        HONORING READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY AND IMAGINATION LIBRARY

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                         HON. JOHN P. SARBANES

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 27, 2018

  Mr. SARBANES. Mr. Speaker, this week, teachers, students and families 
across the country will celebrate the importance of reading by taking 
part in the National Education Association's Read Across America Day. 
Research shows that literacy begins before school even starts. Young 
children who have been read to at home and have had access to a variety 
of reading materials, develop into stronger readers. That's why 
programs like Dolly Parton's Imagination Library are so important.
   Each month, Imagination Library mails over one million free books to 
children around the world, including seven thousand in Baltimore. 
Today, as Dolly donates her hundred millionth book to the Library of 
Congress, I thank her for her inspiring dedication to children's 
literacy and I applaud everyone participating in Read Across America 
Day.

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