Pennsylvania One Book, Every Young Child
“One Book, Every Young Child” is Pennsylvania’s first collaborative project highlighting the importance of early literacy development in preschoolers. The participating agencies share a mission to foster early childhood literacy and show preschoolers how much fun reading can be. The early learning initiative brings attention to the ways that children develop six early literacy skills and what parents and educators may do to encourage children’s acquisition of the skills.
2025 PA One Book
The PA One Book Committee has chosen, “Arlo Draws an Octopus,” written by Lori Mortensen and illustrated by Rob Sayegh Jr as the 2025 PA One Book Early Literacy selection.
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Overview: When Arlo decides to draw an octopus, he can’t help but think that maybe he’s just not an octopus drawer. His drawing has a head that looks like a hill and eight squiggly arms that look like roads. It’s an octopus disaster-piece! But just as Arlo vows to never draw an octopus again, he makes a discovery that changes his perspective about his drawing . . . and much more. – From the publisher