Rowland Reading Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Middleton,

Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...

. Founded by

Pleasant Rowland Pleasant T. Rowland (born Pleasant Williams Thiele; March 8, 1941) is an American educator, reporter, writer, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Rowland is best known for creating the American Girl (company), American Girl brand. Rowland is known f ...

in 2004, it promotes the Rowland Reading Program, including ''Superkids Reading Program'' and ''Happily Ever After'', a reading readiness program. On April 18, 2010, the Foundation launched a media campaign to encourage Wisconsin public schools to adopt the Superkids Reading Program. In 2015, the Foundation announced that its Superkids Reading Program had been purchased by educational publisher Zaner-Bloser.

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