VABook! Literary Links

Literacy Programs

Motheread and Fatheread of Virginia

A family-literacy program using children’s literature to increase literacy and parenting skills.
http://www.virginia.edu/vfh/mread/index.html

All America Reads

A national project intended to encourage reading and discussion among middle and high school students and book groups.
http://www.allamericareads.org

Literacy Volunteers of America Charlottesville/Albemarle

An independent, non-profit organization that offers free, confidential, individualized basic literacy instruction to adults.
http://avenue.org/lva/welcome.htm

Regional Adult Education

Resources and links to other adult education resources in the region.
http://www.avenue.org/adulted/

Voices of Adult Learners

A project of Regional Adult Education targeting adults in Literacy Programs and Adult Education Programs, including Basic Skills, ESL, GED, Workplace and Family Literacy Programs.
http://avenue.org/adulted/voal.html

Blue Ridge ESL Council

Blue Ridge ESL Council (BRESL) is a volunteer organization that teaches English as a Second Language and cultural adaptation to ESL adults who have settled in the region, but who may be unable to attend the established adult ESL education classes.
http://monticello.avenue.org/bresl/

Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center

Strengthens the Virginia Adult Education and Literacy System through professional development, resources, communication and collaborative projects
http://www.aelweb.vcu.edu/

Book Buddies

A nationally recognized one-on-one tutorial program that supports reading instruction in the classroom, enlisting volunteers to provide instruction to first and second-grade children who need extra help to learn to read and write.
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/bookbuddies/

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