Book Worms Early Learning Center · 301 N 3rd St, Philadelphia
Book Worms Early Learning Center is a certified child care center in Philadelphia, PA, with capacity for 27 children. It holds a Keystone STAR 1 rating. Since August 2021, Pennsylvania certification staff have inspected it 3 times. The state cited 4 violations, none of them core-safety, most often for emergency preparedness (3 of 4). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by topic-weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #196 of 1,163 centers in Philadelphia and has fewer citations per inspection than 82% of Pennsylvania certified centers.
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Durning the renewal inspection conducted 6/16/25, upon request, the emergency plan reviewed did not address the facilities continuity of operations.
Durning the renewal inspection conducted 6/16/25, upon request there was no annual emergency drill log available for review to verify the facility conducts annual emergency drills.
Durning the renewal inspection conducted 6/16/25, upon request there was no verification available to verify that the facility sent a copy of their emergency plan and subsequent plan updates to the local municipality and to the county emergency management agency.
Durning the renewal inspection conducted 6/16/25, upon request there was no verification available to verify that the facility notified local traffic safety authorities annually in writing of the location of the facility and the program's use of pedestrian and vehicular routes around the childcare facility.
“Core safety” marks citations about supervision and staff ratios, discipline and caregiver conduct, background checks, child protection and safe sleep, the topics our score weights most. Pennsylvania’s records don’t grade violations by severity. “Follow-up” marks a violation re-cited at a follow-up visit, counted once. How scores work.
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Has Book Worms Early Learning Center had any serious violations?
No citations on supervision, staff ratios, discipline, background checks, child protection or safe sleep since 2021. It has 4 other citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Book Worms Early Learning Center?
Pennsylvania lists no complaint investigation that found a violation at Book Worms Early Learning Center since 2021. Its search shows these “verified complaints” but not what a complaint alleged, or whether every violation relates to it.
What is Book Worms Early Learning Center’s Keystone STARS rating?
STAR 1, effective Sep 8, 2025. Keystone STARS is Pennsylvania’s quality rating program for child care, from STAR 1 to STAR 4. It measures program quality, not inspection results, so read both.
How does Book Worms Early Learning Center compare with other daycares in Philadelphia?
It is tied for #196 of 1,163 centers in Philadelphia by topic-weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 82% of Pennsylvania certified centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Book Worms Early Learning Center last inspected?
Jun 16, 2026 (renewal). No violations were cited during that visit.
Who runs Book Worms Early Learning Center?
The legal entity on its Pennsylvania certificate is Karen Werme.
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Citations are quoted from Pennsylvania Department of Human Services inspection records (Office of Child Development and Early Learning, Bureau of Certification Services), including each finding and the center’s plan of correction. Rule numbers refer mostly to 55 Pa. Code Chapter 3270, the rules for child care centers; a few cite Chapter 20, which covers every certified facility. Pennsylvania’s records don’t grade violations by severity; the “core safety” label and the score are Daycare Record’s.
To check the state’s own record, search the center’s name on COMPASS Child Care Provider Search and open its inspection history. Data refreshed Oct 16, 2026.
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