1,000 books before prep: The shocking reading deficit threatening Australia’s most vulnerable children

The Pyjama Foundation's Founder and CEO, Bronwyn Sheehan OAM, joined Michael Price on 4BC Afternoons to discuss the upcoming third annual "Grow Into a Reader" campaign launched in partnership with QBD Books and Penguin Random House. The initiative aims to raise vital funds and awareness to support literacy programs for over 1,300 vulnerable children living in foster care across Australia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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