Hennepin County Medical Center

Innovative Literacy Programs
 
Hennepin Medical Center runs a comprehensive children’s literacy program. Among its most innovative initiatives is “Books for Babies,” in which every baby born at Hennepin County Medical Center is offered a book to take home. Although the books arrive at the hospital in English and Spanish, Hennepin sought and received permission from the publisher to insert translations in Somali, Hmong, Oromo, and French to create bilingual editions, ensuring that almost every child born is given a book in their own language.


For more information about this program, please contact:

Lynne Burke
Children’s Literacy Liason
612-873-8954
lynne.burke@hcmed.org