Read, Ask,Chat Ltd is organized around empowering families from all economic and cultural backgrounds to engage very young children in joyful reading and conversations. With the objective of paving the way for lifelong learning, the effort is to foster school-readiness and close achievement gaps by (1) putting a critical mass of content-rich literature into the hands of families in their homes, and (2) coaching caregivers in how to develop young childrenâs capacity for learning through the tried-and-true method of reading with them and responding to their ideas.