Books can open a child's world, but in some low-income neighborhoods, kids only have access to books at school. The If You Give A Child A Book campaign helps students in those areas build home libraries to help close the learning gap.

In Lincoln Heights, Ohio, Nicolette Jemison's first-grade students are still learning the reading basics, like identifying letters and practicing writing them. But in a few years, they won't be learning to read — they'll be reading to learn. That critical change happens between the third and fourth grade levels.

"Reading is the key to everything. They can't be successful on the test in science or social studies if they can't read," said Lincoln Heights Elementary School principal Dawn Bailey.

But for Title I schools that serve a high percentage of low-in

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