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Shop and Save at Macy's

RIF GALAThe RIF and Macy's Book A Brighter Future™ campaign is here! Now through July 31, 2010, stop by your local Macy's and give $3 and get $10 off* one purchase of $50 or more. Macy's will donate 100% of every $3 to RIF. And enter RIF's Tell-A-Friend Sweepstakes for a chance to win a $1,000 Macy's shopping spree.

"Join me in support of RIF and Macy's as we help Book A Brighter Future for our nation's children."
-Susan Sarandon

*Exclusions and restrictions apply. See store for details.


Vote Now for a Child's Future

AMEX 2010Thank you for voting for RIF in the American Express Members Project. Because of your support, we've moved on to the second phase of the campaign. Please help RIF receive $200,000 from American Express by casting your vote as often as once a week. Your vote for RIF is a vote for a child's future.


Stop the Summer Slide

Stop The Summer SlideJoin RIF and Scholastic as we raise awareness about children's summer reading loss. The Scholastic Summer Challenge website offers kids fun games and prizes. And when you Give to RIF, you'll receive great Scholastic savings and help provide free RIF books to children in need.


Free, Bilingual Activity Book for Preschoolers

Have fun reading and writing with preschool-age children with Our Book By Us!/Nuestro Libro ¡Hecho Por Nosotros! Created with award-winning author and illustrator Peter H. Reynolds, this book encourages children to read, write, listen, and talk.

Download for free! 


Literacy Potpourri

Free Audiobooks, Perfect for Family Trips

AudibleKidsTo support children's literacy, AudibleKids has partnered with RIF to offer free audio downloads of popular children's books including Rapunzel and R.L. Stine's Rotten School: The Song.

Visit AudibleKids to download a free audiobook today. (Note: scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the RIF logo to view the free audiobooks.)


Fun for KidsLeading to Reading_thumb

yellow star Leading to Reading             
 bilingual; for kids ages 0-5.

yellow star Reading Planet
 for kids ages 6-15.

Reading Planet_thumbyellow star Leamos en Familia
 bilingual; for kids ages 6-15.

yellow star RIF's Activity Calendars
 bilingual; for kids of all ages.


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Father and son reading

Check out what RIF's President and CEO Carol H. Rasco thinks about the Newbery Medal on her new blog Rasco From RIF.

What's New

Featured Books

My First Flip-Flap Book of FruitMy First Flip-Flap Book of Fruit
ages 0-5

 

Billy Hooten OwlboyBilly Hooten Owlboy
ages 9-12

 

 

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Author/Illustrator Q&As

David WiesnerDavid Wiesner
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  Worth a Read
 

"My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine--everybody drinks water."
Mark Twain

   
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