Beth Crist

Beth Crist, Youth and Family Services Consultant at the Colorado State Library, is the Project Director for Putting SPELL (Supporting Parents in Early Literacy through Libraries) into Action. Always passionate about increasing access to literacy and learning opportunities for children and families, she has worked on projects such as SPELL, Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy, Check Out Colorado State Parks which provides state park passes and nature backpacks to libraries to circulate, and One Book 4 Colorado which gives away 75,000 copies of the same book each spring to 4 year olds through public libraries statewide.