If I Can Read, I Can Do Anything in the news:

"If I Can Read" Gets Native Children Reading for Fun
Montana Missoulian, January 19, 2007

By the Book: National Reading Program Helps Native Communities Increase Literacy, Preserve Culture
University of Texas Home Page Feature, October 2006

Our Project Director, Loriene Roy, is ALA president-elect!

We are now working with 29 sites in 9 states. Click here to see a list of our sites.

Visit our Library Week page for ways to celebrate reading and libraries this week and throughout the year!

Our newest initiative: If I Can Read, I Can Do Anything is teaming up with readergirlz, GuysLitWire, and YALSA for Operation Teen Book Drop 2010. We will help coordinate the delivery of thousands of new books to teens on reservation schools on April 15, 2010. For more information, please visit our Operation TBD 2010 page.

Our Goals:

To Encourage…

Native children and community members to read for pleasure

Intergenerational reading in the Native community

To Provide…

the Indian community with opportunities to engage in and communicate about reading

Children with flexible reading choices

Opportunities to thematically explore reading and reading related activities

To Promote…

Library usage at Native schools

To Increase…

Reading skills among Native children and community members

To Improve …

Native school library collections

If I Can Read, I Can Do Anything is officially endorsed by the American Indian Library Association

Last Updated: January 25, 2007
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