The document discusses literacy rates and issues in Hillsborough County, Florida. It states that 15% or 120,000 adults in Hillsborough County read below a 4th grade level. It also discusses the benefits of literacy, including increased quality of life, confidence, and job opportunities. Finally, it notes long waitlists at some public libraries for basic literacy and English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) classes.

4. Hillsborough County Fifteen Percent Or 120,000 adults Read below the 4th grade level

5. James and the Giant Peach Not far away, in the middle of the garden, he could see the giant peach towering over everything else. Surely it was even bigger tonight than ever before? And what a dazzling sight it was! The moonlight was shining and glinting on its great curving sides, turning them to crystal and silver. It looked like a tremendous silver ball lying there in the grass, silent, mysterious, and wonderful

6. James and the Giant Peach Not far away, in the middle of the garden, he could see the giant peach towering over everything else. Surely it was even bigger tonight than ever before? And what a dazzling sight it was! The moonlight was shining and glinting on its great curving sides, turning them to crystal and silver. It looked like a tremendous silver ball lying there in the grass, silent, mysterious, and wonderful

7. A Blessing In Disguise A Chip On Your Shoulder A Dime A Dozen A Doubting Thomas A Fool And His Money Are Easily Parted A Picture Paints a Thousand Words A Piece of Cake A Slap on the Wrist A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush

8. A Blessing In Disguise A Chip On Your Shoulder A Dime A Dozen A Doubting Thomas A Fool And His Money Are Easily Parted A Picture Paints a Thousand Words A Piece of Cake A Slap on the Wrist A Bird In The Hand Is Worth Two In The Bush

12. What if you couldn’t read: Medication instructions Job applications Legal documents News Signs What if you couldn’t just G o o g l e it?

16. Sergey Brin Co-Founder of Google Arnold Schwarzenegger Joe Dimaggio Franklin R. Chang-Diaz U.S. Astronaut Roberto Clemente Ricky Ricardo Madeleine Albright U.S. Secretary of State

17. Sergey Brin Co-Founder of Google Arnold Schwarzenegger Joe Dimaggio Franklin R. Chang-Diaz U.S. Astronaut Roberto Clemente Ricky Ricardo Madeleine Albright U.S. Secretary of State

18. The Waiting List Basic Literacy: 58 ESOL: 381

19. Libraries with the Longest Waiting Lists 1 19 Jan Platt 1 33 Upper Tampa Bay 1 106 Town ‘N Country 1 15 West Tampa 2 7 Sefner-Mango 2 32 Jimmie B. Keel 2 37 North Tampa 2 19 Riverview 4 19 Brandon Regional 7 14 78th Street 9 5 Bruton Memorial 10 4 C. Blythe Andrews 14 22 Temple Terrace Basic Literacy ESOL

20. Libraries with the Longest Waiting Lists 1 19 Jan Platt 1 33 Upper Tampa Bay 1 106 Town ‘N Country 1 15 West Tampa 2 7 Sefner-Mango 2 32 Jimmie B. Keel 2 37 North Tampa 2 19 Riverview 4 19 Brandon Regional 7 14 78th Street 9 5 Bruton Memorial 10 4 C. Blythe Andrews 14 22 Temple Terrace Basic Literacy ESOL

21. Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses, yearning to breathe free The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me I lift my lamp beside the golden door!