On March 29, 2011, PHMC took part in the Pennsylvania One Book, Every Young Child literacy program, a statewide campaign to highlight the importance of early literacy development in preschoolers ages three to six through a single, shared reading experience. Throughout the month of March, early childhood education centers participating in the PHMC-managed Keystone STARS and Out-of-School-Time programs pledged to read to more than 9,000 children throughout sites in Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties.

_{Mayor Michael Nutter reads to children at Children's Village Child Care Center during Pennsylvania One Book, Every Young Child.}