Usha Vance spotlights ‘summer reading challenge’ for children

Published June 5, 2025 12:24pm ET



Second lady Usha Vance detailed her summer reading program to address the “reading loss” among children, a topic she is “really motivated” to address during her time with the Trump administration.

The program encourages children to read 12 books between June 1 and Sept. 5 and will give participants who complete it a chance to visit the White House. Vance, a mother of three, described how she has seen data indicating how children are not reading “as much as they used to,” and is using this challenge as her “first attempt” to help remedy this loss.

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