Raising Readers is a collaboration of Maine's two largest health care delivery systems, EMHS and MaineHealth and is generously funded by the Libra Foundation. Raising Readers promotes reading aloud to children in Maine ages birth to 5 years. We provide Family Practice and Pediatric providers beautiful new books to give to children at well child visits 2 months to 5 years. For newborns, Raising Readers gives books in canvas totes to Maine hospitals, birth centers, midwives, and adoption agencies. Raising Readers is available at no cost to all health care providers in Maine who see children between the ages of birth and 5 years. We are a community partnership working with other child health and community literacy initiatives. A statewide advisory committee helps coordinate these activities.