WPIX weatherman Mr. G (in yellow hat) with K–5 students at Manhattan's P.S. 140, some dressed up as characters from their favorite book. Mr. G and volunteer actors kicked off the new Read to Me initiative as part of World Read Aloud Day. Photo by Dave Krysl.

To kick off a new national literacy initiative, Read to Me, WPIX weatherman Mr. G joined other members of the Screen Actors Guild to read to children at Manhattan's P.S. 140 on World Read Aloud Day, March 4. "I'm proud to help launch the national Read to Me initiative. Storytelling is a lost art." Mr. G said in a press release. "This day brings us back to how important reading to children is. The proof is how hard they listen when you do it right." The Read to Me project encourages all people to read aloud to children, whether they are parents, grandparents, siblings, neighbors, educators, or friends. The initiative is sponsored by Screen Actors Guild Foundation BookPALS (Performing Artists for Literacy in Schools) and Rise Up Foundation, which strives to improve the lives of children and families living in poverty and difficult circumstances.