Cultured Books Literacy Foundation, Inc.

03/14/2026

Today was a beautiful day, the weather, the families, all the babies!

Thank you to everyone who completed the St. Pete Reads Survey at the We Are Next: Spring Break Take Over! ☀️📚

Over 20 community members shared input that will help guide literacy programming that reflects community needs. We appreciate you taking the time to add your voice.

📍 Next stop:
Friends of the James Weldon Johnson Library Literacy Festival
🗓 Next Saturday | ⏰ 10 AM – 2 PM

Stop by our table to complete the survey and learn more about Cultured Books Literacy Foundation programs. We hope to see you there! 📖✨

03/13/2026

Hey St. Pete — meet us tomorrow at the We Are Next: Spring Break Take Over! ☀️

Stop by the Cultured Books Literacy Foundation table to:
📚 Learn about our programs
📝 Take the St. Pete Reads! Study survey
💵 Earn $15 for sharing your input

Your voice helps shape literacy programs for youth and families in St. Pete.

📍4301 13th Ave S
⏰ 12–4 PM

03/13/2026

Hey St. Pete — meet us here tomorrow at the We Are Next: Spring Break Take Over! ☀️

Stop by the Cultured Books Literacy Foundation table to:
📚 Learn about our programs
📝 Take the St. Pete Reads! Study survey
💵 Earn $15 for sharing your input

Your voice helps shape literacy programs for youth and families in St. Pete.

📍4301 13th Ave S
⏰ 12–4 PM

03/04/2026

Hey St. Pete! 📚

Meet us at the Friends of the James Weldon Johnson Library Literacy Festival on Saturday, March 21 from 10 AM – 2 PM.

We’ll be there sharing the St. Pete Reads Study and inviting families to take a short survey to help us better understand what motivates reading and what barriers families may face when it comes to literacy engagement.

Stop by our table, say hey, and help us learn from our community.

03/02/2026

📚✨ Happiest Reading Month!

We’re celebrating reading — and inviting children, youth, families, and caregivers to lend their voice.

The St. Pete Reads Study is about listening. We want to understand what helps children, youth, and families connect with reading, and what sometimes gets in the way, so we can build programs that align with community voice.

When we say "community voice," we mean ensuring our community's real experiences, needs, and hopes guide what we create.

📝 Complete the survey and receive $15 for your time and feedback. **

📍 Join us at the James Weldon Johnson Literacy Festival
🗓️ Saturday, March 21
⏰ 10 AM – 2 PM

Stop by, say hey, and take the survey in person.

**We’re inviting 160 Black youth and their caregivers, and/or families from the global majority in St. Petersburg, to take part in our survey. If you live in zip codes 33701, 33705, 33712, 33711, 33707, 33710, or 33713, or your child attends a Pinellas County Transformational Zone school, your household can participate — with up to three people per household eligible to complete the survey and receive a gift card.

02/17/2026

From the collards, to the music, to the fellowship + commUNITY!
Saturday at the Tampa Bay Collard Green Festival was just…love.🥬

Thank you for writing DREAM POWER letters and sharing your hopes for our city.

Thank you for taking the St. Pete Reads! Study survey, especially the teens, you showed up and brought friends!

We’re listening so we can build literacy programming around community voice.

If you’re interested in taking the survey and want to have a good time celebrating literacy, meet us on March 21 from 10A - 5P at the James Weldon Johnson Community Library Literacy Festival - 1059 18th Ave S, St. Petersburg, FL 33705. 📚

02/15/2026

12/13/2025

THERE IS STILL TIME TO ENTER! Pinellas County Middle and High School students are encouraged to enter the 36th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Essay & Oratorical Contest. The top four (4) applicants in each grade level will be eligible to compete for the $500 scholarship.

The deadline to enter is December 14. Learn more and apply here: stpeteparksrec.org/mlkessaycontest