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It's Time for Take Off!

Come aboard the RIF-US Airways Read with Kids Challenge. The nationwide goal is to read with kids for 10 million minutes. Register today and log your minutes. Check out the great prizes, and learn how you can receive US Airways bonus miles.

Vote for RIF Kids

American Express will donate $200,000 to the participating charity with the most votes in their online Members Project. Please vote as often as once a week to help RIF offer kids new books and reading motivation.

Reinstate RIF: We're Moving Forward!

Good news! The House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Education have reinstated RIF's FY11 funding. But challenges remain. The funding must still be approved by full committees in both houses of Congress, make it into the final bill, and be signed by President Obama. We may need your help, so please stay tuned at Rasco From RIF and RIF's Advocacy Center for the latest news. Thank you!

A Vision to Offer Help and Hope

Congratulations to Jean Dean RIF, our August Program of the Month. This 20-year-old partnership between RIF and Kiwanis Alabama is a model of large scale success. Serving over 26,000 children a year, the program began as a heartfelt vision to give help and hope to young children.

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

To 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 Kids

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

 Reading Planet
 for kids ages 6-15.

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

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

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

Featured Books

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