When Daliyah was about 2 1/2, her parents signed her up for the Georgia 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Program, which challenges children to read 1,000 books before the first day of kindergarten.
Daliyah told the Gaineseville Times,“I like to check out books every day. And I want to teach other kids to read at an early age, too.”
The superstar bookworm dreams of being a librarian and opening her own library. Daliyah is well on her way after being “Librarian For The Day” and hanging out at the Library of Congress – the world’s largest library recently with Carla Hayden, the 14th Librarian of Congress. Hayden is also the first woman and African American appointed to the position.
Hayden wrote that “it was fun” to have Daliyah as a librarian for the day on Twitter.
It was fun to have 4-year-old Daliyah Marie Arana of Gainesville, GA as "Librarian For The Day." She's already read more than a 1,000 books. pic.twitter.com/MQfwlUrakO
— Carla Hayden (@LibnOfCongress) January 11, 2017
Since hitting her 1000 book goal, Daliyah is now reading college-level texts! A recent video shows her reading the speech, “The Pleasure of Books,” by William Lyon Phelps.
To learn more about 1000 Books Before Kindergarten, click here.