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Getting Books In Their Hands: Stephen and Ayesha Curry

Dec 25, 2025
34 mins

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Episode Description

We have devoted several podcasts to the issue of how parents get children to read - off screens and into pages.  We talk about it - others DO something about it.  You might not expect to find Stephen Curry, the great pro basketball player, to be among that group.  However, Stephen and his wife Ayesha have a foundation - Eat.Learn.Play - and over the past few years they’ve given books every Christmas to every elementary school child in Oakland, California where Stephen started his pro career.  They invited us to Oakland to see the program in action.  Charlie went and had a chance to talk to the Currys about why they, like the two of us, think this issue is so critical.


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Books mentioned on this week's episode:

Shot Ready by Stephen Curry

The Boy Who Never Gave Up by Stephen Curry

I Am Extraordinary by Stephen Curry

I Have a Superpower by Stephen Curry

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

The Last Stop on Market Street by Matt De La Pena, illustrated by Christian Robinson

Something, Someday by Amanda Gorman, illustrated by Christian Robinson


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