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Our Literacy Partners Encourage your students to read 10 books each by May 31, 2011. All books count, whether they are read at school or at home!  First Book® First Book is an international non-profit organization with a single mission: to provide children from low-income families with the opportunity to read and own their first new books. Since its founding in 1992, First Book has distributed more than 80 million new books to children in need. Now qualified as a registered charity in Canada, First Book/Le Premier Livre stands ready to reduce barriers to book ownership by offering free and affordable new books to programs reaching the most disadvantaged children in Canada, ensuring every child is able to experience the joy of reading. To find out more about First Book/Le Premier Livre, please visit www.firstbookcanada.org. "Research tells us that the single critical factor which determines whether a child becomes a reader is access to reading materials specifically, the number of books in the home. First Book puts brand new books into the hands of children who need them most, enabling them to experience the joy and wonder of reading." —Kyle Zimmer, President and Co-founder, First Book/Le Premier Livre 
Frontier CollegeFrontier College is a Canada-wide, volunteer-based literacy organization. Since 1899, Frontier College has been developing and delivering literacy programs across the country. In order to meet the increasing literacy needs of a knowledge-based society, Frontier College has recruited thousands of volunteers across Canada to reach children in high-needs communities as well as adults with particular learning needs. Frontier College believes literacy is a right for all. To learn more about Frontier College, please visit www.frontiercollege.ca. "Frontier College is part of a great heritage in Canadian history... a heritage known as popular or non-formal education. This heritage recognizes that all people have the desire and the capacity to learn and that education takes place everywhere in the community, not just in the classrooom. It is these methods and these teaching approaches that enable us to teach all citizens, especially those that are most isolated and dispossessed." —Sandi Kirevago, Director of Communications, Frontier College  Fondation pour l'alphabétisationThe Literacy Foundation works to prevent illiteracy through its grassroots project, The Gift of Reading®. Since 1999, more than 255,000 underprivileged children in Quebec have received a new book through the Literacy Foundation. The Gift of Reading reaches out to children from infancy to age 12, as well as to parents who have difficulty reading and writing. To find out more about Literacy Foundation, visit www.fondationalphabetisation.org. "The Literacy Foundation has garnered unique credibility and expertise with respect to both literacy training and basic training. It is a real bridge between the public and literacy organizations, as well as the literacy training and lifelong learning networks. The Literacy Foundation has the largest membership network (individuals, organizations, companies) in Canada, and we direct all requests to the appropriate literacy training resources." —Maryse Perreault, CEO, Literacy Foundation 
Save the Children CanadaSave the Children Canada has been working for 90 years both in Canada and overseas to bring immediate and lasting improvements to children's lives through the realization of their rights. Their focus on education includes increasing access to relevant and quality education, literacy, and skills training for children and youth. Their work is targeted toward ensuring that all children receive basic education that is relevant for their future, and to build education infrastructure that is nationally sustainable. Save the Children Canada is a member of the International Save the Children Alliance. With 28 members and operational programs in over 120 countries, the Alliance is the world's largest global movement for children. To find out more about Save the Children Canada, visit www.savethechildren.ca. “As the world’s oldest and largest independent movement for children, we are delighted to be a partner with Scholastic in this innovative partnership to help children. Around the world we have seen the difference literacy makes in the lives of children, and this collaboration will provide more children with that same opportunity.” —David Morley, President and CEO, Save the Children Canada | |
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