New Downtown Story Walk on Floral Ave!

RyanNews

Family Reading Partnership celebrates a new Story Walk! The Family Reading Partnership is celebrating the opening of a brand new Story Walk in downtown Ithaca! On Saturday, April 30th from 10am to 11:30am families are invited to visit the Floral Ave walking path to celebrate with FRP and check out the story, A New Kind of Wild by Zara Gonzalez …

FRP Strategic Plan 2022-2025

RyanNews

Family Reading Partnership has been working hard on a new strategic plan to help focus our energies moving forward. Here is a quick overview of those plans. To read the strategic plan in full, please follow the link below. Full Strategic Plan 2022 – 2025

FRP Fall News 2021

RyanNews

Story Walk program continues to grow! Family Reading Partnership’s Story Walks have had a busy year! We now have six Story Walks in Tompkins County, and #7 is on its way to Downtown Ithaca. Each location receives a new book at least every three months, for a total of 24 different Story Walk experiences every year! Local families can make …

Bright Red Bookshelf Reopens for 25th Anniversary

RyanNews

We are thrilled to announce the grand reopening of our Bright Red Bookshelves, just in time to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Family Reading Partnership! We have put together a special list of family reading activities that will be available at each open shelf for families to take home. The activities are all tied to the books available at each …

20-21 Annual Report

RyanNews

Winter Story Walks

RyanNews

Need something outdoors to do with your kids? A Story Walk might be the perfect activity! Our four Story Walks are scattered across Tompkins County, and have all been updated for winter. Go check them out with the whole family! Groton Story Walk Winter Is Here by Keven Henkes is a wonderfully written and illustrated book celebrating the sights, sounds, …

Target Circle

RyanNews

To our friends and supporters We are honored and excited to announce that we have been chosen to participate in a special charitable giving campaign, sponsored and funded by Target. And you have the chance to help direct a portion of Target’s donation to us! Now through December 31st, 2020, vote for us through the Target Circle program to help …

Calling all child artists!

RyanNews

Family Reading Partnership is looking for young artists aged 0-10. Do you know a child that loves to make art? Working with paints and pencils and all sorts of other mediums? Do they also, by chance,  love books? We want to see it. Show us your kids  favorite work of art and they could win our Kid’s Art Contest. How …

Book Donations Needed!

RyanNews

Hello Friends of Family Reading Partnership! We have not sent out an update in a while, and we thought you might like to know what has been going on in our neck of the woods during this time of social distancing. While a few of our regular programs have been forced on hiatus, we are still able to provide services …