The Brooklyn Public Library on Friday received a $200,000 grant from the Heckscher Foundation for Children and $180,000 from Assemblymember Robert Carroll to expand the library system's literacy initiatives and provide phonics books at branches across the borough.

The latest allocation will help BPL to be among the first major library systems to fully integrate decodable books into its collection, officials said. Decodable books are comprised of simple passages for beginning readers that offer practice with specific phonics patterns.

“Our schools and libraries need to work in tandem when it comes to literacy education and it is wonderful to see BPL so fully embracing evidence-based practices," said Carroll. "I can’t wait to see libraries throughout Brooklyn stocked with the decoda

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