Digging Deep- The Humanities Approach to Family Literacy.

This article explores the multistate, family literacy program, PRIME TIME FAMILY READING TIME. This program brings to public libraries parents with low income and/or with beginning English literacy skills and along with their children aged 6-10 who are at risk for low reading ability. PRIME TIME uses humanities scholars and discussion facilitators to lead discussions that center on eliciting values from stories that have applications in daily life. The program operates in public libraries in 36 states and the Virgin Islands. doi:10.1300/J118v26n01_04 [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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