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  • Our Programs
    • Books for Babies
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    • Summer Reading Club
  • Donate Now
    • Supporting Memberships
    • Sponsorship Opportunities
    • Nell Proffitt Memorial
    • Amazon Smile
  • Join Our Team

DID YOU KNOW...

Approximately 1,500 babies are born at Cedar Park Regional Medical Center every year!


  • Literacy development begins at birth.
  • 90% of brain development happens by age 3.
  • Literacy is closely linked to a baby’s earliest experiences with books and stories.
  • Children who are read to from an early age start school with 30 million more words in their vocabulary.
  • It's important to have lots of books around the house, but especially important to have ones that will grab your baby's attention.

We Need Your Help!

Books for Babies is a project designed to encourage early literacy in Cedar Park.

We Rely On the Help of Our Cedar Park Community.

Books for Babies provides to each newborn baby in Cedar Park:

  •  A New Book
  • Baby’s First Library Card
  • A Suggested Reading List
  • A Reusable Book Bag

Become a Books for Babies Supporter!

Join us in supporting early literacy in our community, one baby, and one book at a time!   Contribute to Books for Babies and Support Early Literacy any way you can!

Become a Books for Babies Supporter!

Help us “Give the Gift of Literacy” in 2023.

$50 Donation - Supporter Level

$1,000 Donation - Title Sponsor

$50 Donation - Supporter Level

This donation will support over 12 books and associated materials for newborns and their families. 

$100 Donation - Champion Level

$1,000 Donation - Title Sponsor

$50 Donation - Supporter Level

  This donation will support over 25 books and associated materials for newborns and their families.  

$500 Donation - Advocate Level

$1,000 Donation - Title Sponsor

$1,000 Donation - Title Sponsor

  Company or family name will be featured in printed and web-based materials. 

$1,000 Donation - Title Sponsor

$1,000 Donation - Title Sponsor

$1,000 Donation - Title Sponsor

 Company logo placed on the tote bags that books are delivered in as well as their Company name and logo (where appropriate) featured in printed and web-based materials. 

Sponsors and Partners - 2022

Distribution Partner & Title Sponsor

Distribution Partner & Title Sponsor

Distribution Partner & Title Sponsor

Cedar Park Regional Medical Center partners with Books for Babies to distribute a book to each newborn child in their hospital!

Title Sponsor - $1,000

Distribution Partner & Title Sponsor

Distribution Partner & Title Sponsor

Max Kerr

Vista Ridge Family Dentistry

512-253-8840

mkerr@vistaridgefamilydentistry.com 

Title Sponsor - $1,000

Distribution Partner & Title Sponsor

Title Sponsor - $1,000

Leigh Kubin

Master Certified Life Coach

512-260-3444

 https://www.leighkubin.com/ 

Title Sponsor - $1,000

Title Sponsor - $1,000

Title Sponsor - $1,000

Travis & Rachel Hurst

Team Hurst Realty Group - TCP Real Estate

512-970-9584

team@teamhursthouses.com 

Title Sponsor - $1,000

Title Sponsor - $1,000

Title Sponsor - $1,000

Huntington Learning Center

of Cedar Park

Naureen Shivji


Five Tips for Reading With Your Baby

Snuggle up with a book

Choose baby-friendly books

Choose baby-friendly books

Babies love to snuggle close when you look at a book together. This increases their sense of security and their bonding with you while building a love of reading.

Choose baby-friendly books

Choose baby-friendly books

Choose baby-friendly books

Babies prefer bright and bold or high-contrast images that are easier for them to see. Books made of sturdy materials like board books are easier for babies to handle.

Talk with your baby

Choose baby-friendly books

Talk with your baby

Describe what you're doing throughout the day. Narrate your actions. The more you talk with your baby, even before they can understand or respond, the more they will learning about language and the stronger their vocabulary will be.

Sing, read, repeat

Be patient with your baby and yourself

Talk with your baby

Babies love to reread books and sing songs over and over again. This repetition is great because it strengthens their language development.

Be patient with your baby and yourself

Be patient with your baby and yourself

Be patient with your baby and yourself

Read for a few minutes at a time whenever you can, but don't worry when their attention span wanders. Babies are learning so many things at once! Any and all reading you do with your child, even in small bursts, will help increase their language development, their positive feelings about reading with you, and their love of reading.

Suggested Books

Babies

Preschoolers

Toddlers

  • Where Is Baby's Belly Button? by Karen Katz
  • Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
  • Black & White by Tana Hoban
  • Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton
  • Yummy Yucky by Leslie Patricelli


Toddlers

Preschoolers

Toddlers

  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
  • Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
  • The I Love You Book by Todd Parr
  • Press Here by Herve Tullet
  • Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin

Preschoolers

Preschoolers

Preschoolers

  • Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
  • The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster
  • The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
  • Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London
  • Elephant & Piggie by Mo Willems

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Hall of Honor - 2020 Sponsors & Partners

2020 Title Sponsors

  • Cedar Park Surgeons
  • Lamonica & Associates - Trent LaMonica
  • Team Hurst Realty Group - TCP Real Estate
  • Vista Ridge Family Dentistry

2020 Partners

  • Distribution - Cedar Park Regional Medical Center
  • Reading Sponsor - SouthStar Bank

Hall of Honor - 2019 Sponsors & Partners

2019 Title Sponsors

  • Cedar Park Surgeons
  • Lamonica & Associates - Trent LaMonica
  • Signature Eye Care
  • Team Hurst Realty Group - TCP Real Estate
  • Vista Ridge Family Dentistry

2019 Partners

  • Distribution - Cedar Park Regional Medical Center
  • Book Donors - Leander Reading Specialists, SAMS's Club

Hall of Honor - 2018 Sponsors & Partners

2018 Title Sponsors

  • Cedar Park Surgeons
  • New York Life - Trent LaMonica
  • Team Hurst Realty Group - TCP Real Estate
  • Vista Ridge Family Dentistry

2018 Partners

  • Distribution - Cedar Park Regional Medical Center
  • Special Contributor - Signature Eye Care
    Book Donors - Leander Reading Specialists, SAMS's Club

Hall of Honor - 2017 Sponsors & Partners

2017 Title Sponsors

  • The Goddard School - Cedar Park
  • New York Life - Trent LaMonica
  • Team Hurst Realty Group - TCP Real Estate
  • Vista Ridge Family Dentistry

2017 Partners

  • Distribution - Cedar Park Regional Medical Center
  • Book Donors - Leander Reading Specialists, SAMS's Club

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