Here are links to a host of literacy resources.

American Booksellers Association
828 S. Broadway
Tarrytown, NY 10591
phone: 800-637-0037/fax: 914-591-2720
e-mail: info@bookweb.org
http://www.bookweb.org/

Founded in 1900, the American Booksellers Association (ABA) is a not-for-profit organization devoted to meeting the needs of its core members of independently owned bookstores with retail storefront locations through advocacy, education, research, and information dissemination. The ABA actively supports free speech, literacy, and programs that encourage reading. The association also hosts the annual ABA Convention in conjunction with BookExpo America each spring.

The American Library Association
50 E. Huron St.
Chicago, IL 60611
phone: 312-280-5044 or 800-545-2433/fax: 312-280-3224
e-mail: ala@ala.org
http://www.ala.org/

The American Library Association (ALA) was founded in 1876. Its mission is to provide leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all.

American Poetry & Literacy Project
c/o Andrew Carroll
PO Box 53445
Washington, DC 20009
http://www.poets.org/exh/aplseed/conp.htm

The American Poetry & Literacy Project is a national, nonprofit organization created by the late Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky and a young author named Andrew Carroll. Brodsky, who was exiled from the Soviet Union in 1972 and later served as the U.S. Poet Laureate, championed the idea that poetry should be made accessible to all Americans.

Artists for Literacy (The SIBL [Songs Inspired By Literature] Project)
2601 Mariposa St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
phone: 415-553-3330
e-mail: info@siblproject.org
http://www.siblproject.org/

Artists for Literacy's mission is to influence community, public and private sector support for literacy, and to enrich the lives of reading challenged youth and adults by responding to the need for dynamic and innovative learning tools that foster literary and artistic appreciation, critical thinking, increased confidence, curiosity, and life-long learning. Artists for Literacy engages artists in the issue of literacy and channels their contributions into effective tools for teachers and students.

The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy
1201 15th St., NW, Ste. 420
Washington, DC 20005
phone: 202-955-6183/fax: 202-955-5492
e-mail: sooc@erols.com
http://www.barbarabushfoundation.com/

The mission of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy is to establish literacy as a value in every family in America, by helping every family in the nation understand that the home is the child’s first school, that the parent is the child’s first teacher, and that reading is the child’s first subject; and to break the intergenerational cycle of illiteracy, by supporting the development of family literacy programs where parents and children can learn and read together.

Between the Lions
WGBH
125 Western Ave.
Boston, MA 02134
phone: 617-492-2777
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/lions/

Between the Lions is an award-winning PBS television series that premiered in April 2000. It's designed to foster the literacy skills of its viewers, while playfully demonstrating the joys of reading. Each show aims to give kids four to seven years old some of the experiences they need in order to become successful readers.

Book It!
P.O. Box 2999
Wichita, KS 67201
phone: 800-426-6548/fax: 316-685-0977
e-mail: bookit@pizzahut.com
http://www.bookitprogram.com/

Started in 1985 as a way to motivate kids to read more, Pizza Hut’s BOOK IT! Program has become the largest reading motivation program in America. Because BOOK IT! is a reading incentive program, it can be used to enhance programs that teach children how to read. It can also be used to support comprehension and intervention programs. Teachers can use BOOK IT! to set goals where children read or are read to at home thus developing a partnership with the most important teachers in a child’s life – their parents.

The Books For Kids Foundation
122 E. 29th St., Rm. 217
New York, NY 10016
phone: 212-252-9168/fax: 212-252-9169
e-mail: lwqbfk@aol.com
http://www.booksforkidsfoundation.org/

The BOOKS FOR KIDS FOUNDATION is a national, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting literacy among all the children with special emphasis on disadvantaged children and youth. Books for Kids donates books, creates libraries and participates in reading initiatives within community-based organizations social service agencies, schools, and under-served institutions. Since its founding in 1986, Books for Kids has provided children with more than five million books, built thirty-seven libraries and distributed reading materials through approximately 250 agencies in the New York Area and throughout the Untied States.

The Children's Book Council
12 W. 37th St., 2nd floor
New York, NY 10018-7480
phone: 212-966-1990/fax: 212-966-2073
e-mail: info@cbcbooks.org
http://www.cbcbooks.org/

The Children's Book Council (CBC) is a nonprofit trade organization dedicated to encouraging literacy and the use and enjoyment of children's books, and is the official sponsor of Young People's Poetry Week and Children's Book Week each year. The Council's members include U.S. publishers and packagers of trade books for children and young adults.

The Everybody Wins Foundation
350 Broadway, Ste. 500
New York, NY 10013
phone: 212-219-9940/fax: 212-219-0017
http://www.everybodywins.org/

EVERYBODY WINS! is a leading national literacy and mentoring, nonprofit organization devoted to increasing children's prospects for success in school and in life through one-to-one reading experiences. Founded in New York City by Arthur and Phyllis Tannenbaum in 1991, EVERYBODY WINS! provides "reading partners" for more than 6,800 elementary school children across the country through two programs – Power Lunch and Readers Are Leaders.

First Book
319 F St., NW, Ste. 1000
Washington, DC 20004-1155
phone: 202-393-1222/fax: 202-628-1258
e-mail: staff@firstbook.org
http://www.firstbook.org/

First Book is a national nonprofit organization with a single mission: to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books. The primary goal of First Book is to work with existing literacy programs to distribute new books to children who, for economic reasons, have little or no access to books. In the last three years alone, First Book has provided more than twenty million new books to children in need in hundreds of communities nationwide.

The Freedom to Read Foundation
50 E. Huron St.
Chicago, IL 60611
phone: 800-545-2433/fax: 312-280-4227
http://www.ftrf.org

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees all individuals the right to express their ideas without governmental interference, and to read and listen to the ideas of others. The Freedom to Read Foundation was established to promote and defend this right; to foster libraries and institutions wherein every individual’s First Amendment freedoms are fulfilled; and to support the right of libraries to include in their collections and make available any work which they may legally acquire.

Friends of Libraries U.S.A
1420 Walnut St., Ste 450
Philadelphia, PA 19102-4017
phone: 215-790-1674 or 800-9FOLUSA/fax: 215-545-3821
e-mail: folusa@folusa.org
http://www.folusa.com/

Friends of Libraries U.S.A. is a membership organization of more than two thousand individual and group members. Their mission is to motivate and support local Friends groups across the country in their efforts to preserve and strengthen libraries.

Great Books Foundation
35 E. Wacker Dr., Ste. 2300
Chicago, IL 60601-2298
phone: 800-222-5870/fax: 312-407-0334
e-mail: gbf@greatbooks.org
http://www.greatbooks.org/

The Great Books Foundation is dedicated to helping people learn how to think and share ideas by educating them to become participants in, leaders of, and advocates for shared inquiry. Through text-based discussion, shared inquiry strengthens critical thinking and civil discourse, promotes reading and the appreciation of literature, and provides people of all ages with a powerful instrument for social engagement and lifelong learning.

Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy
Penn State University
102 Rackley Building
University Park, PA 16802-3202
phone: 814-863-3777/fax: 814-863-6108
e-mail: isal@psu.edu
http://www.ed.psu.edu/isal/

This institute strives to advance the field of literacy through collaborative research, development, outreach, and leadership to improve practice, expand access to high quality education, and enrich the lives of individuals and families.

The International Board on Books for Young People
Nonnenweg 12, Postfach
CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland
phone: 41 61 272 29 17/fax: 41 61 272 27 57
e-mail: ibby@eye.ch
http://www.ibby.org/

The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) is a nonprofit organization which represents an international network of people from all over the world who are committed to bringing books and children together.

The International Book Bank
2201 Eagle St., Unit D
Baltimore, MD 21223
phone: 410-362-0334/fax: 410-362-0336
e-mail: ibbusa@internationalbookbank.org
http://www.internationalbookbank.org/

The International Book Bank is a nonprofit distribution service for books and other educational materials donated by North American publishing companies and the education community. IBB distributes these materials to nonprofit organizations such as schools and community libraries in developing countries around the world.

The International Book Project
Van Meter Building
1440 Delaware Ave.
Lexington, KY 40505
phone: 859-254-6771 or 888-999-BOOK/fax: 859-253-2293
e-mail: info@intlbookproject.org
http://www.intlbookproject.org

The International Book Project has promoted literacy and global friendships by sending millions of books to the peoples of the world since 1966.

The International Literacy Institute
Literacy Research Centers
University of Pennsylvania
Graduate School of Education
3910 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3111
phone: 215-898-2100/fax: 215-898-9804
e-mail: ili@literacy.upenn.edu
http://www.literacyonline.org/ili.html

The International Literacy Institute (ILI) was officially established in 1994 by UNESCO and the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. The mission of the ILI is to provide leadership in research, development, and training in the broad field of international literacy and development, with an emphasis on developing countries. The ILI organizes regional and international conferences, disseminates the ILI newsletter, Literacy Innovations, and is involved in a number of significant research, development, training, and networking activities around the world.

The International Reading Association
800 Barksdale Rd.
P.O. Box 8139
Newark, DE 19714-8139
phone: 302-731-1600/fax: 302-731-1057
e-mail: pubinfo@reading.org
http://www.reading.org/

The International Reading Association (IRA) is a professional membership organization dedicated to promoting high levels of literacy for all by improving the quality of reading instruction, disseminating research and information about reading, and encouraging the lifetime reading habit. Their members include classroom teachers, reading specialists, consultants, administrators, supervisors, university faculty, researchers, psychologists, librarians, media specialists, and parents. With members and affiliates in ninety-nine countries, their network extends to more than 300,000 people worldwide.

National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature
102 Cedar St.
Abilene, TX 79601
phone: 325-673-4586
e-mail:nccil@bitstreet.com
http://www.nccil.org/

The National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature (NCCIL) provides recognition of the artistic achievements of illustrators and gallery exhibitions of their works. Additionally, the NCCIL designs educational programming that relates to illustrations in children's literature in order to stimulate creativity, promote literacy, and to increase appreciation for art.

National Center for Family Literacy
325 W. Main St., Ste. 300
Louisville, KY 40202-4237
phone: 502-584-1133/fax: 502-584-0172
Family Literacy InfoLine: 877-FAMLIT-1
e-mail: ncfl@famlit.org
http://www.famlit.org/

The National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL) envisions a world where every child in every community receives the literacy support he or she needs from responsible, caring adults in order to succeed in school and in life.

National Center on Adult Literacy
University of Pennsylvania
3910 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3111
phone: 215-898-2100/fax: 215-898-9804
e-mail: ncal@literacy.upenn.edu
http://www.literacyonline.org/ncal.html

The National Center on Adult Literacy's (NCAL) mission is to improve understanding of youth and adult learning, to foster innovation and increase effectiveness in youth and adult basic education and literacy work, and to expand access to information and build capacity for literacy and basic skills service provision.

National Council of Teachers of English
1111 W. Kenyon Rd.
Urbana, IL 61801-1096
phone: 217-328-3870/fax: 217-328-9645
e-mail: public_info@ncte.org
http://www.ncte.org/

Since 1911, the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) has worked to advance teaching, research, and student achievement in English language arts at all scholastic levels.

National Endowment for the Humanities
1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20506
phone: 202-606-8400 or 800-NEH-1121/fax: 202-606-8240
e-mail: info@neh.gov
http://www.neh.gov/

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities

National Institute for Literacy
1775 I St., NW, Ste. 730
Washington, DC 20006-2401
phone: 202-233-2025/fax: 202-233-2050
http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/

The National Institute for Literacy's (NIFL) activities to strengthen literacy across the lifespan are authorized by the U.S. Congress under two laws, the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) in the Workforce Investment Act and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The AEFLA directs the Institute to provide national leadership regarding literacy, coordinate literacy services and policy, and serve as a national resource for adult education and literacy programs. The NCLB law directs the Institute to disseminate information on scientifically based reading research pertaining to children, youth, and adults as well as information about development and implementation of classroom reading programs based on the research.

ProLiteracy Worldwide
1320 Jamesville Ave.
Syracuse, NY 13210
phone: 315-422-9121 or 888-528-2224/fax: 315-422-6369
e-mail: info@proliteracy.org
http://www.proliteracy.org/

ProLiteracy Worldwide is a nonprofit international literacy organization based in Syracuse, NY, that was formed by the 2002 merger of Laubach Literacy International and Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc. ProLiteracy Worldwide is now the oldest and largest nongovernmental literacy organization in the world and pursues a mission of sponsoring educational programs that help adults and their families acquire the literacy practices and skills they need to function more effectively in their daily lives.

Reading Is Fundamental, Inc.
1825 Connecticut Ave., NW, Ste. 400
Washington, DC 20009
phone: 877-RIF-READ or 202-673-0020/fax: 202-287-3196
e-mail: contactus@rif.org
 http://www.rif.org/

Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. prepares and motivates children to read by delivering free books and literacy resources to those children and families who need them most.

The Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education
208 N. Columbia St.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB# 3505
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3505
phone: 919-962-1542/fax: 919-962-6020
e-mail:scale@unc.edu
www.readwriteact.org

The Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education (SCALE) is a network of college students, adult learners, administrators, literacy practitioners, and community partners working to implement and support participatory education and social change work in campus-based literacy programs. SCALE is part of the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

United States Board on Books for Young People
800 Barksdale Rd
P.O. Box 8139
Newark, DE 19714-8139
phone: 302-731-1600, ext. 274/fax: 302-731-1057
e-mail: usbby@reading.org
www.usbby.org/

The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) facilitates the international exchange of information about books and reading. It serves as the U.S. national section of the International Board on Books for Youth (IBBY).