The Berkeley Baby Book Project

We'll be at this Rotary "Mega Mixer" April 21 up at the Golf Club at 7901 Cutting Blvd, El Cerrito -- at the top of the hills Arlington Blvd runs along from Berkeley to Richmond. I am stoked - I have never been there, have driven by it many, many times! I'll have a table with our banner - and Dolly doll, of course:)

"You can’t automate human social interaction. It has too many elements. So consciousness is very helpful in navigating that world." Micheal Pollan, NYT article Feb 7 2026. I don't know if this link will work, I hope so. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/magazine/michael-pollan-interview.html

skin-touch, smell, sound surround an infant in arms or lap looking at images and these collections of little squiggles on a page - English Code for meaningful sounds we make in speaking aloud.

That Matters, for literacy development. Infants die from "failure to thrive" if left untouched for weeks, months, in institutions. Touch Matters, a lot.

Quality books in the home from the start make it easy to spend time with them, every day. Literacy Matters. For the child, and for humanity.

Michael Pollan Says Humanity Is About to Undergo a Revolutionary Change The best-selling author grapples with big questions about A.I., consciousness and the distractions polluting our minds.

Set up for Urban Tilth’s event at unity Park yesterday. Our excellent volunteers showed up soon after this. And as usual, I did not take more pictures after things got busy. We enrolled a bunch of new children for Imagination Library book deliveries and had lots of fun conversations with parents of children who are already enrolled thank you, urban tilth.!

Best Wishes for a good New Year full of good health, good times, and good books!! - https://mailchi.mp/thebbbp.org/this-holiday-season-give-the-gift-of-book-ownership-to-hundreds-of-local-babies-toddlers-and-preschoolers-monthly-gift-books-by-mail-9947113

Give the gift of book ownership of local babies, toddlers, and preschoolers: monthly books by mail.. - https://mailchi.mp/thebbbp.org/this-holiday-season-give-the-gift-of-book-ownership-to-hundreds-of-local-babies-toddlers-and-preschoolers-monthly-gift-books-by-mail-9946779

This giving season, help give lasting gifts to hundreds of local children: a book a month from age 0 to 5 - donate today! https://mailchi.mp/thebbbp.org/this-holiday-season-give-the-gift-of-book-ownership-to-hundreds-of-local-babies-toddlers-and-preschoolers-monthly-gift-books-by-mail

2025 year end Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/thebbbp.org/2025-year-end-newsletter Pointing at & naming images and letters -- these little squiggles -- sparks neural connections that support later literacy. READING IS CODE BREAKING. These squiggles are CODE for meaningful sounds - Spoken Words. Neural growth & connection rates are exponential in the earliest months and years & are never again matched.

A Brotherhood of Literacy in the making💕

Books from birth are best!

Here’s your reminder to read aloud with your child for at least 15 minutes every day! (📸: Destiny D.)

Take a 2 yes/no question survey about IL books. Add your words to help us win funding to send more books to more children! ¡Responda una encuesta de 2 preguntas de sí/no sobre libros de IL. ¡Añade tus palabras para ayudarnos a conseguir financiación y enviar más libros a más niños! - *https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScHb3JYUAL63Lh_1tLz9e89RokRz-l67HUpFNbsMJFjGgoKhQ/viewform?usp=dialog*