The Family Involvement Storybook Corner
HGSE's Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP)

The Family Involvement Storybook Corner section of the Harvard Family Research Project website is a unique new source of information on using children's storybooks with family involvement themes to engage families in their children's education while also supporting literacy development.

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Summary

The Storybook Corner offers resources to help educators, families, and those who work with families to promote the awareness, discussion, and practice of family involvement in children's education in a wide range of settings. Launched in partnership with Reading Is Fundamental, the Storybook Corner provides a list of storybooks with family involvement themes and tools for using the storybooks.

The Storybook Corner offers the following resources:

• An explanation of family involvement storybooks and how they can promote family involvement
• Annotations of read-aloud storybooks with family involvement themes
• Tools for using storybooks to promote family involvement
• Research on family involvement and children's literacy