A similar reading program for inmates at the Edmonton Institution for Women has been quietly operating in the city for almost 10 years. The Storybook Project is run by a team of volunteers from ...

The Storybook program is trying to create brighter futures for these children. Listening to the recordings reinforces that they haven’t been abandoned, ...

The Storybook Dads program films fathers, packages the footage on a DVD and has the father sign the book for their child. The book is then delivered in a new backpack with a pair of pyjamas.

The Storybook program is one of EFry’s most successful prison programs. It is available at Alouette Correctional Centre for Women, Fraser Valley Institution and Surrey Pretrial Centre.

The storybook program debuted in November of 2024. Men, referred to as "persons in our care," are given the opportunity to record themselves reading a book they can then gift to their children. ...