Government |
Child
Literacy Collaborative (CLiC) |
Community |
Miscellaneous
Government
Links
California Department of Education:
www.cde.ca.gov
Office of the Secretary of Education, California:
www.ose.ca.gov
United States Department of Education:
www.ed.gov
Los Angeles County Office of Education:
www.lacoe.edu
Orange County Department of Education:
www.ocde.k12.ca.us
Ventura County Superintendent of Schools Office:
www.vcss.k12.ca.us
San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools:
www.sbcss.k12.ca.us
Los Angeles Unified School District:
www.lausd.k12.ca.us
The White House for Kids!:
www.whitehousekids.gov
Child
Literacy Collaborative (CLiC)
Organizations that provide children’s literacy activities
and resources in Southern California:
Academic Mentor Program
(213) 241-6874
Access Books:
www.accessbooks.net
BookEnds:
www.bookends.org
BookPals:
www.bookpals.net
CATCH (Caring Adults Teaching Children How)
(310) 472-4744
Everybody Wins, Los Angeles
(213) 680-8257
Family Literacy Support Network
(562) 922-6560
First Book – South Bay L.A.
(310) 377-8637
First Steps Early Literacy Program
(323) 294-0311
KOREH L.A.:
www.korehla.org
LA’s BEST/L.A.U.S.D
(213) 745-1900 x52969
Literacy Network of Greater Los Angeles:
www.literacynetwork.org
Light Up a Library
Women Helping Children, The National Council of Jewish Women
(323) 852-8508
Molina Heathcare of California:
www.molinahealthcare.com
Reach Out and Read
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
(626) 405-5514
Reading by 9:
latimes.com/readingby9
Reading is Fundamental:
www.rifsocal.org
Ready, Set, Read!
(818) 986-7981
Remedial Reading and Learning Center
(323) 732-1350
Reading Together
(310) 665-9125
School Volunteer Program, Los Angeles Unified School
District
(213) 241-6100
Volunteer Center of Los Angeles:
volunteercentersca.org/vc_panorama.htm
Winnick’s Winners
(626) 357-8041
Wonder of Reading:
www.wonderofreading.org
Community
Links
Latino Scholastic Achievement Corporation:
www.lsac.net
Los Angeles Times Education Coverage:
www.latimes.com/new/learning
Times In Education
www.latimes.com/tie
The Screen Actors Guild Foundation is proud
to bring you Storyline Online, an on-line
streaming video program featuring SAG members reading childrens
books aloud. Hand-picked by BookPALS National Program Director
Ellen Nathan, a former teacher and librarian, each of the
books on this site offer an accompanying lesson plan and
activity guide.
www.bookpals.net/storyline
Verizon Reads is the umbrella organization for Verizon's
national literacy platform. Established in 1999, Verizon
Reads is dedicated to the fight for a more literate America
through meaningful programs that create awareness, raise
funds, and encourage collaboration among literacy providers.
www.verizonreads.com
Miscellaneous
Links
America Reads
The America Reads Challenge is a grassroots national
campaigh that challenges every American to help children
learn to read.
www.ed.gov/inits/americareads/index.html
Book Adventure
Free on-line reading incentive program for children,
parents and teachers.
www.bookadventure.org
Between the Lines: Teacher's Guide
Pbs.org/lions/kguide
Compact for Reading
The Compact for Reading Guide and the School-Home Links
Reading Kit are designed to help parents, teachers and
children
set reading goals, and provide lessons and activities that
allow children to accomplish these goals.
www.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading
First Book
A national nonprofit organization whose mission is to
give disadvantaged children the opportunity to read and
own their first books.
www.firstbook.org
Hedgehog Books
Children's books
www.hedgehogbooks.com
Helping Your Child Become a Reader
www.ed.gov/pubs/parent
International Reading Association
Seeks to promote high levels of literacy for all by
improving the quality of reading instruction.
www.reading.org
Literacy and Technology Web Site
Site assists teachers, parents, students and others
with the integration of curriculum and the Internet to
promote student literacy.
campus.fortunecity.com/newton/40/home.html
Project Gutenberg
Texts of books not still in copyright, generally those
published pre-1923.
www.gutenberg.net
Mister Rogers' Recommended Books list
www.pbs.org/rogers/all_ages/inyourneigh3.htm
Reading is Fundamental (RIF)
RIF develops and delivers childrenās and family literacy
programs that help prepare young children for reading and
motivate school-age children to read.
www.rif.org
Note: If you are a visitor to the Reading by 9 site
and would like to see links to specific agencies on our
site, please contact
readingby9@latimes.com
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