Early literacy has been elevated by governors across the nation as an indicator of success in school and in life. The 2019 Governor's Pocket Guide to Early Literacy underscores the importance of early literacy with compelling state examples of outcomes, initiatives and investments in early reading. This version is a brief, digestible guide that focuses on how governors can use their unique position to promote reading proficiency by the end of third grade through their executive authority, public awareness and agenda setting, policy making and budgeting. The guide also highlights a few reading scores from the 2019 National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) results. NGA [National Governors Association] Education previously released a guide in 2013, a lengthier report on this topic. [NGA Education Director Beth Caron, Senior Policy Analyst Mandy Sorge, Policy Analyst Tiffany Ferrette and Elizabeth Burke Bryant and Ralph Smith from the Campaign for Grade Level Reading contributed to this publication. For the 2013 guide "A Governor's Guide to Early Literacy: Getting All Students Reading by Third Grade," see ED583168.]