Read to Dream Experience

Our April Read to Dream Experience will focus on understanding our big emotions. When kids understand and regulate their emotions, they put themselves on the path to achieving their dreams and becoming productive citizens. Our featured books for this experience are ScareCited on the First Day of School and Ninja Nate. Join us for awesome story time and activities that will help your young dreamers love reading and reinforce how to manage their emotions. 

FREE
Saturday, April 18, 2026, at 11:00 a.m.
Highmark Room
The August Wilson African American Cultural Center
980 Liberty Avenue 
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Monthly educational residency designed by The Young Dreamers’ Bookstore to inspire children and families to connect books to dreams.

PITTSBURGH, PA — The Young Dreamers’ Bookstore presents the Read to Dream Experience, hosted at The August Wilson African American Cultural Center (AWAACC).  Through this partnership, they will offer their Read to Dream Experience as a new monthly educational residency. Designed by The Young Dreamers’ Bookstore for families with children from birth to age 10, the program invites participants to explore the powerful connection between reading and dreaming to make the world better.

Through interactive storytelling, dialogic reading, guided discussion, and creative activities, the Read to Dream Experience encourages young readers to see books as pathways to imagination, confidence, and possibility. Each session centers children’s voices while creating space for families to learn with and from one another in a welcoming, culturally affirming environment.

“Reading opens doors to imagination, confidence, and self-discovery,” said Janis Burley, President and CEO/Artistic Director of AWAACC. “By inviting children and families to connect reading with imagination and purpose, we are nurturing the next generation of dreamers, thinkers, and leaders.”

“We believe reading is a transformative process that inspires children to develop and advance their dreams,” said Drs. Nosakhere & Eliada Griffin-EL. Bringing our Read to Dream Experience to the August Wilson African American Cultural Center through inaugural educational residency is a grand opportunity to inspire children to see the connection between books and their dreams. When children understand this connection between dreaming and reading, they’ll grow up to live their dreams and make the world better!”

The residency is designed around key educational objectives, including reader identity development, strengthening the relationship between literacy and personal aspiration, and highlighting children’s books featuring protagonists of African descent from around the world. Families can also purchase books for their home libraries, supporting continued reading and learning beyond each session.

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