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Gwinnett County Public Library (GCPL) Shared Paired Reading Program

By Kelly Williams Gwinnett County Public Library (GCPL) recently began its Shared Paired Reading program, which supports early and continued literacy for children. Laura Dobbins of the Norcross branch modeled this much-needed program after the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library System’s Active Reading Mentor program and uses trained staff and volunteers to offer virtual reading practice for children…