Home | The Children's Literacy Project exists to make generational impact by giving every child the priceless gift of reading.

The literacy crisis is a silent barrier, holding children back from reaching their full potential. We can be the generation that gives the gift of words. Will you be a part of the solution?

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Creating the Stories of the Coming Reading Revival

who we are and what we do

Partnering with literacy organizations nationwide, we create compelling content to activate communities to bring literacy to every child. As a collaborative ally with local and national organizations (like the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading) we serve a network of hundreds of literacy organizations in every US state, working together to ensure every child becomes a proficient reader.

About CLP

For Literacy Organizations

Curious About Joining Our Network?

If you're running a structured literacy program, we’d love to support your work. We’ll connect you with eager volunteers, national visibility, and resources to help your program grow.

For Individuals Considering Mentoring

Thinking About Becoming a Mentor?

Not sure if mentoring is right for you? That’s okay. Learn what it’s like to support a child’s reading journey—and how we’ll help every step of the way.

For Faith Communities

Wondering How Your Church Can Help?

Churches and faith groups are powerful forces for good. Learn how to start a literacy initiative that fits your mission and serves your community.

For Groups Exploring Volunteering

Have a Group That Wants to Help?

Whether you're a business, school, faith group, or just friends, we’ll match your team with a trusted local program—so you can focus on helping kids thrive.

partners, collaborators, and friends

Children’s Literacy Project is fundamentally animated by the universal wisdom teaching to “Love Thy Neighbor.”

Become a Literacy Church

the literacy crisis demands action

Visualize Illiteracy

1 in 4 children grow up without learning how to read in the U.S..

National Literacy Institute

80% of low - income 4th graders never reach reading proficiency.

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

60% of young men entering prison can't read at a 3rd-grade level

US Department of Justice

Low literacy levels cost the U.S. economy up to $2.2 trillion per year.

National Literacy Institute

activating communities through

Literacy Media

The movie post design of the Film SENTENCED. It is a sand timer, and the there is a child inside who is running out of time.

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Sentenced

SENTENCED is a forceful yet tender tale of how literacy can free children from the cycles of generational poverty.

The Book READ, one laying down and the over standing up on top of it. There is a Golf award.

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Read

READ is a clarion call to all people-of-compassion to “love your neighbor” through literacy

How to Build a Brain Illustration, which is screen grab from the youtube video

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Diverse Short Films

Our library provides intimate storytelling, whimsical education and cutting truth-telling about the illiteracy crisis

Map of the United States with drop-pins in all of the places where somebody is stepping forward to become a reading mentor or an organization has joined CLP's Literacy Database

From coast to coast, Americans are joining the fight against illiteracy. Each marker on this map represents someone who has stepped forward to make a difference in their community. Watch our impact grow as more volunteers join our nationwide literacy movement.

About Us

Together, we can empower a nation of readers

Creating the Stories of the Coming Reading Revival

Curious About Joining Our Network?

Thinking About Becoming a Mentor?

Wondering How Your Church Can Help?

Have a Group That Wants to Help?

Children’s Literacy Project is fundamentally animated by the universal wisdom teaching to “Love Thy Neighbor.”

Visualize Illiteracy

Literacy Media

Our literacy network is nationwide.

Join Us in Activating Change