Booker celebrated his (Governor's Early Literacy Foundation) 20th birthday with another birthday buddy, novel., which turned 7 years old last week! He stopped by the bookstore for story time and met new friends both young and old who LOVE to read! #HBDBooker #Justkeepreading

What an amazing after school treat! Books a Million in Providence, collected 482 books totaling $5919 to be used on our Neon buses! Thank you Wilson County community for supporting the book drive ⁦Lebanon SSD⁩ ⁦Governor's Early Literacy Foundation⁩ ⁦TN Dept of Education⁩ ⁦Taylor Rayfield⁩

Booker continues to celebrate Governor's Early Literacy Foundation's 20th birthday w/ @porterleath's #BooksfromBirth volunteers. We are thankful for the extra hands that help us relabel returned mail to place books back into the community & into the hands of little readers. #HBDBooker #justkeepreading

HOO wants to spread the joy of reading by volunteering at OWL (Opportunities with Literacy) Fest? We still need volunteers to help over the next few weeks at our West Tennessee locations. Learn more and sign up at the link below! governorsfoundation.org/opportunities-…

Governor's Early Literacy Foundation mascot Booker the Owl recently made a stop in Greeneville. Booker is celebrating their 20th birthday of improving literacy in TN. Happy Birthday Booker! #justkeepreading #HBDBooker

Booker joined a special reading at Porter-Leath. His new friends read a book in honor of #HispanicHeritageMonth. Thanks to Governor's Early Literacy Foundation's helping us provide bilingual books to children through Books from Birth! #HBDBooker #justkeepreading

In partnership with Governor's Early Literacy Foundation, OWL Fest visited 40 elementary schools, providing over 16,000 students with a bookstore experience in the last few weeks. Students from pre-K-5th grade got to take home six books for free! 🦉📚

I’m at the Governor's Early Literacy Foundation 20th anniversary celebration tonight. We’re expecting to hear from Gov. Bill Lee, along with former Governors Bill Haslam and Phil Bredesen, among others. So far four different kids have helped me find my way to the event space and gotten me checked in.

Governor's Early Literacy Foundation event celebrating a big birthday! Verizon has been a supporter since 2007! Gov. Bill Lee Bill Haslam Phil Bredesen together again!

Honored to celebrate Governor's Early Literacy Foundation as this incredible organization celebrates 20 years of strengthening reading skills across the state. We thank the Foundation for its partnership as TN continues to support students & families with multiple pathways to literacy success.

In April 2025, our President and CEO, James Pond, will be one of the keynote speakers at the World Literacy Summit, alongside literacy advocate, Dr. Molly Ness. To gear up for the event, listen to their conversation about ending book deserts here: endbookdeserts.com/gelf

We are celebrating National Reading Month and sharing some excellent resources available to #TNFamilies from Governor's Early Literacy Foundation Check it out: governorsfoundation.org

A special shout out to our partners, Governor's Early Literacy Foundation, for providing each school we visited with funding for the Scholastic bookstore the entire school body can enjoy.📚💡#AcceleratingTN #ReadLikeRiley

🎉 Presenting Sponsor Spotlight 🎉 We're excited to recognize our Presenting Sponsor: Governor's Early Literacy Foundation! Thank you for your incredible support of One Book Read City!

Huge thanks to Governor's Early Literacy Foundation (GELF) for making One Book Read City even more special! Thanks to GELF, every Pre-K student got Hey, Coach!—a perfect pair with Baseball Blow-Up. Their generous support helped bring Pre-K learners into the community-wide literacy fun!

Last week, we had the honor of visiting one of this year's Tenn Under 10 Little Literacy Leaders, Phoenix, at Ketron Elementary! Phoenix was one of 10 students statewide to receive the Tenn Under 10, Powered by PNC Bank, award this year. wjhl.com/news/local/ket…

We had the honor of being a guest on The Tennessee Initiative for Perinatal Quality Care's (TIPQC) podcast, Healthy Mom Healthy Baby Tennessee! Take a listen here: tipqc.org/podcast-health… #earlyliteracy #ReadTodayLeadTomorrow

Connecting humans telling stories. Loving the #Select2025 convening Governor's Early Literacy Foundation. #CHATS

We had the pleasure of talking with Scholastic Kid Reporter, Evy, about how GELF is helping combat the summer slide in TN by getting books to kids across the state! 📚☀️ Check out her awesome article about our K-3 Home Library program here: 🔗 kpcnotebook.scholastic.com/post/gelf-deli…

We had a wonderful time attending the official launch of Cleveland City Schools' new book bus! We can't wait for all of the reading adventures to be had on this bus. local3news.com/local-news/cle…