OUR MISSION

TO SPREAD LITERACY-RICH, COMMUNITY-ORIENTED, ENJOYABLE CONTENT TO OUR YOUNGEST CITIZENS.

#WaitingTimeIsReadingTime®️

Want SHORT to visit your school or event?

Coming soon: Where SHORT Loves to Read!

Calling all student writers (and teachers)!! Help SHORT create his next book!!

Where SHORT Loves to Read! 📕

SHORT enjoys reading almost anywhere and everywhere—inside, outside, on the bus, in the car, at the park, in school, and in many more spots!

Where do YOU like to read? Students can create an illustration and caption, which teachers can enter here!

We cannot wait to see what you can create!

Enter with the link below!

The deadline to enter is April 11, 2024!

  • SHORT's Fourth Birthday!

    For SHORT's fourth birthday this year, we headed down to Dothan, Alabama! SHORT learned all about farming crops and how the farms in Alabama provide the best to our state!

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  • Thank you, RC&D!

    Alabama Association of Resource Conservation and Development Councils is sponsoring this year’s birthday party! Check their site out to learn more about their incredible work!

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  • SHORT Tours the Town: Wetumpka, Alabama!

    SHORT traveled all over the city of Wetumpka to meet new friends but also share all the places we can be blanketing our communities with literacy! #WaitingTimeIsReadingTime

    Wetumpka is committed to making waiting time reading time!

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  • Learn with Owl-Livia!

    Owl-Livia is our STEM mascot! She enjoys learning about all things science, technology, engineering, and mathematics! Join her as she helps SHORT to get to Huntsville! See how they use literacy and STEM to problem-solve and have some fun along the way! 🧪✖️➗🔬💻

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