The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) welcomed Assembly Member Robert Carroll (D/WF-Brooklyn) on Nov. 12 for story time with 1st graders from P.S. 321 at the Park Slope Library on 6th Avenue.

Carroll was joined by Linda Johnson, president and CEO of BPL, to whom Carroll presented a check of $180,000 to support BPL’s early literacy programs. The funds will be used to purchase decodable books for every library in Brooklyn.

Decodable books use only phonics patterns that children have already been taught, and emphasize sounding out words over guessing. The books strengthen decoding skills and accuracy, building confidence in early readers, especially children with dyslexia.

The vocabulary, which includes many sight words, irregular spellings, and multisyllabic words, even at early levels, gro

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