Resources:

American Library Association provides a number of reading initiatives, tons of booklists, and other information through its main website at http://www.ala.org and through its divisions: ALSC (Association for Library Services for Children), YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association), and AASL (American Association of School Librarians).

BookPals is a unique all-volunteer literacy program. Professional actors visit public elementary schools in local neighborhoods to read aloud to children every week. At: http://www.bookpals.net

Children’s Book Council is a non-profit trade organization dedicated to encouraging literacy and the use of enjoyment of children’s books and is the official sponsor of Young People’s Poetry Week and Children’s Book Week each year. At http://www.cbcbooks.org

Children’s Literature for Children! is a nonprofit, educational organization dedicated to bringing children and books together. CLC began in 1972 in Atlanta and provides reader-to-reader, reader-to-patient, and structured literature programs. At http://www.childrensliterature.org/home.html

Civic Literacy Foundation works in innovative ways to foster sustainable service-learning programs, positive civic engagement, and educational improvement. At http://serve.indiana.edu

Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Rosie Award) is chosen annually by grade 9-12 students across Indiana. At
http://www.ilfonline.org/AIME/Rosie/EliotRosewaterProgram.htm

Family Literacy Foundation facilitates supportive relationships for children through family and friends reading aloud with them. At http://www.read2kids.org/

First Book is an organization giving children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books. At http://www.firstbook.org

I-READ Literature Lists provides access to various reading lists including the Combined Awards Recognized Standards (CARS) lists of literature to be read by students at each grade level as correlated to the Indiana academic standards for English/language arts. At http://www.doe.state.in.us/standards/readinglist.html

Indiana Literacy Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening basic skills among children and adults through volunteer literacy programs across Indiana. At: http://www.indianaliteracy.org/

Middle Grades Reading Network provides research, programs, advice, and resources to spur reading in grades 6-8. Their newsletter, NetWords, is a must read. Directed by Jack Humphrey, this organization is an Indiana treasure! At http://www2.evansville.edu/mgrnweb

Read-Aloud Books Too Good To Miss is a project of the Association for Indiana Media Educators. Each year a committee develops five read-aloud lists, one each for primary school, intermediate school, middle school, high school, and ageless. At http://www.ilfonline.org/AIME/ReadAloud/ReadAloud.htm

Reading is Fundamental helps deliver children’s and family literacy programs that help prepare young children for reading and motivate school-age children to read regularly through book give-away programs, reading challenges, poster contests, and many other programs. At: http://www.rif.org

Star Writers & Family Literacy provides a variety of writing and literacy projects in Indiana schools. At http://www.buddyproject.org/star/default.asp

Young Hoosier Book Award sponsored by the Association of Indiana Media Educators is designed to stimulate recreational reading among elementary and middle school/junior high school children. At http://www.ilfonline.org/AIME/YHBA/YHBA.htm