The volunteers assist in the recording of a book read by the mother and package it with a copy of the book to the child, thereby giving the gift from mother to child. Through this initiative, Pat has found a way to preserve that time-honored tradition for even incarcerated mothers and their children, keeping sacred the nurturing tradition of bedtime storytelling by mother to child.

It is through her efforts that Project Storybook provides the children's books, tapes, recorders, envelopes and stationary and the volunteers to help the inmates record personal messages to their children.

To date, fifteen volunteers assisted five hundred incarcerated mothers make personal cassette recordings to send home to their children.

Pat Brisson introduced Project Storybook to Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in 2003.

Through this innovative program, incarcerated mothers, aided by Project Storybook volunteers, stay connected and maintain the bond with their children through shared readings, a mother's advice and messages of a mother's love from far away.