Find a Literacy Champion Near You
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National and International Organizations
Afterschool Alliance
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Alliance for Excellent Education
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
American Association of School Administrators
American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression
American Center for Children's Media
Association of Educational Publishers (AEP)
Canadian Children's Book Centre
CAST, Universal Design for Learning
Children's Defense Fund
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City Year New York
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Council of the Great City Schools
Goddard Learning Systems (national)
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Marine Toys for Tots
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MS Society - MS Read-a-thon (national)
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National Association of Elementary School Principals
NEA's Read Across America
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New Zealand Principals Foundationional
Operation Blessing International
Reach Out and Read
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Read to Me Family Literacy Program
School Rise LLC
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State-based Organizations
Alabama
Justin Tuck R.U.S.H for Literacy
California
Colorado
Children’s Literacy Center (Colorado Springs)
District of Columbia
Florida
The Children's Movement of Florida (Miami)
Idaho
Boise State Writing Project (Boise)
Illinois
Illinois Reading Council (Normal)
Maryland
International Book Bank (Baltimore)
Massachusetts
Countdown to Kindergarten (Boston)
The Eric Carle Museum (Amherst)
School on Wheels of Massachusetts (Brockton)
Michigan
Seedlings Braille Books for Children (Livonia)
Mississippi
Eli Manning Children's Clinics at the Blair E. Batson Hospital for Children (Jackson)
Missouri
Maryville Public Library (Maryville)
New York
Academy of American Poets (New York)
Every Child a Reader (New York)
Justin Tuck R.U.S.H for Literacy
Kids Research Center (New York)
New York Public Library-
The Committee for Hispanic Children and Families, Inc (New York)
North Carolina
Marine Corps League – Down East Detachment (Greenville)
Oregon
Children’s Book Bank (Portland)
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Lakota Pine Ridge Children's Enrichment Project, Ltd (Pine Ridge Reservation)
Tennessee
Nurses for Newborns (Nashville)
Virginia
The Reading Connection (Arlington)
The Reading Road Show (Harrisonburg)
Washington
Wisconsin
Friends of the Center for Children's Literature (Kenosha)Vemont
Children’s Literacy Foundation (Waterbury Center, VT)
Reading Ambassadors
The Reading Ambassadors are committed to supporting families and schools in their states by providing families with tools and resources to help guide their children's reading development.
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