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Literacy Resources

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American Library Association
Home page for the Association for Library Service to children.
Includes resources for librarians, teachers, parents and children.
Children's Literature Web Guide
Provides several links to literacy pages --a good start to web browsing.
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
Department of Education -- America Reads Challenge
Free copies of many DOE publications, as well as model tutor programs and links to other sites.
http://www.ed.gov/inits/americareads/
EdCentral
Updates on literacy-related products, grants, conferences and seminars (plus hyperlinks).
http://www.edcentral.com/
Family Education Network
Information on children's education and how different children learn.
http://www.familyeducation.com/home
First Book
In their own words, "First Book is a national nonprofit organization with a single mission: to give disadvantaged children the opportunity to read and own their first new books."
http://www.firstbook.org/
LEARNS:
Linking Education and America Reads through National Service
Tips on: tutoring, selecting a tutorial manual, how to put research to use, etc. There is also updated information on America Reads and on potential sources for free and/or cheap books.
http://www.nwrel.org/learns
National Institute for Literacy
Provides information about the newest literacy web sites, literacy research, and access to discussion groups. In addition, it presents regional publications, programs and articles.
http://novel.nifl.gov/
Reading Corner
This web sight lists age-appropriate, quality books for children who are in second through eighth grades.
The list includes Newberry and Caldecott award winners (non-fiction and fiction).
http://ccpl.carr.lib.md.us/read
Reading is Fundamental
Provides information on RIF's national efforts,
as well as links to other literacy web sites and new developments in the world of literacy.
http://www.rif.org/
Read With Me
Provides readers, tutors and literacy coordinators
with access to information that may be available in their local communities.
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/ReadWithMe/
SCALE
Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education
SCALE mobilizes college students across the country to get involved in literacy. While targeting college students the site also provides interesting information for non-college students: information on conferences, tips on effective mobilization efforts, etcä).
http://www.unc.edu/depts/scale