A common thread connects Ohio State's Department of Spanish and Portuguese and Salem Elementary School - a desire to promote inclusion and literacy in both Spanish and English. The two were perfect partners to start the Bilingual Storybook Project - an initiative that allows elementary students, their families and Ohio State students to benefit.

The idea started when Jill Welch, a senior lecturer at Ohio State, talked to her daughter, who was involved in student-teaching at Salem Elementary. Her daughter worked with Celeste Guglielmi, an English as a second language teacher at Salem Elementary...Read more