The success of One Book, One Community sparked an idea: One Picture Book, One Community, an early childhood education project that promotes literacy by encouraging children throughout South Florida to read the same picture book.

One Picture Book, One Community was created in partnership with WLRN Public Radio and Television's Ready to Learn program, and the collaboration of Miami-Dade and Broward county schools, the Target Corporation, the Miami Herald and the Early Childhood Initiative Foundation.

In the past, the Center and WLRN chose books appropriate for children in first grade, but this year, One Picture Book, One Community will encourage third graders to continue reading and developing a love for stories, while a new Center initiative, First Readers, will continue introducing first graders to new books.