The National Library of Canada and Family Literacy Day Skip navigational links. The National Library of Canada salutes its efforts to promote literacy.
Literacy is fundamental to success in our knowledge-based society.
Children who read can experience life more fully and participate in the opportunities that await them. National Librarian Roch Carrier notes that reading within the family is one of the simplest, yet most profound activities in family life. Parents and grandparents who take time to read and learn with their children and grandchildren enrich all of their lives. There is the immediate pleasure in sharing the wonderful stories, ideas and dreams that books contain. And there are also the long-term benefits that literacy and the love of reading bestow on our children.