Calling All Children in Tennessee: Help Us Name Our Owl

Calling All Children in Tennessee: Help Us Name Our Owl

WHAT IS MY NAME? Help Us Name Our Owl We need your help naming the Governor's Early Literacy Foundation (GELF) mascot! Make a video of your little ones telling us what the name of our owl should be and why--- OR-- Post a photo with your child displaying the...

Welcoming New GELF Board Members

Welcoming New GELF Board Members

oin us in welcoming four new members to the Governor's Early Literacy Foundation Board of Directors. For more information, please click the link in their name below. To see the full list of board members, click here. We are excited to have these accomplished...

Book Bus Summit Brings Together Programs for Best Practices

Book Bus Summit Brings Together Programs for Best Practices

Governor's Books from Birth Foundation's Book Bus program makes an impact on early literacy efforts in the community. In partnership with local school systems, the Book Bus program creates mobile libraries that provide high-quality literacy resources to...

Storybook Trails Provide An Outdoor Reading Adventure

Storybook Trails Provide An Outdoor Reading Adventure

In 2018, Governor's Early Literacy Foundation (GELF) launched the Storybook Trail program by partnering with Tennessee State Parks Conservancy, city parks and outdoor areas to provide a children’s storybook, presented on child-height panels, along a short trail...

Celebrating 15 Years of Early Literacy

Celebrating 15 Years of Early Literacy

Literacy looks like books.Books look like the Imagination Library.Governor's Books from Birth Foundation and TN's Imagination Library look like early literacy. This month marks the 15th anniversary of Governor's Books from Birth Foundation (GBBF). This milestone gives...

New Storybook Trail Launched at Cheekwood

New Storybook Trail Launched at Cheekwood

CHEEKWOOD LAUNCHES EXHIBITION IN CONNECTION WITH NEW LITERACY PARTNERSHIP Cheekwood announces a new permanent Storybook Trail exhibition in partnership with Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation (GBBF), whose mission is to strengthen early literacy in...