Raising a Reader Network Learning Exchange

Introducing the Raising a Reader Network Learning Exchange - a platform that supports our Network partners with implementation, programming, and ongoing professional development.  The Network Learning Exchange offers easy-to-access key training and tools to strengthen your skills and enhance early literacy and family engagement initiatives.

Raising a Reader Learning Management System

Introducing the Raising a Reader LMS on LearnWorlds—a platform that supports our Affiliate Network with implementation, programming, and ongoing professional development. Affiliates can easily access key training and tools to strengthen their skills and enhance their initiatives.

Empowering Families Through Literacy

By partnering with parents, educators and organizations, we create brighter futures for children by strengthening family bonds, creating shared reading routines, fostering social emotional learning, building healthy family relationships and learning skills needed to thrive in school and beyond.
Strengthen family connections through shared reading and meaningful home routines.
Equip Network Partners with the knowledge and resources to create lasting literacy impact.

Our Reach, Your Growth

Through our network of over 300 Affiliates and partner organizations, we serve nearly 150,000 children and families in 34 states every year...

Independent Evaluations Prove Early Literacy Gains

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Explore What’s Inside

Outstanding features include a new and reimagined Classic Red Book Bag Program Coordinator Training, engaging Community spaces for networking, and new program resources.

Training & Professional Development

Designed to support your RAR knowledge and skills education with asynchronous and live online instruction at your fingertips, we have enhanced our training and professional development offerings to be more easily accessible for our Network. 

RAR Network Community

Connect with the RAR Network anytime with community spaces designed to make networking with programs across the country even easier now.

Resource Library

Formerly on the Online Affiliate Network, our new Resource Library offers tools and resources to help support your RAR programming, plus so much more! 

New Features

The Network Learning Exchange offers enhanced features designed to support our Raising a Reader partners with their programming needs. 

Community
Voices

"Families love that many books are in their home language. Access is important so families can engage in the very important act of reading to their child at home."
-Folsom Cordova Unified School District
"One Pre-K child very proudly comes to school each Tuesday, carrying her red book bag high and announces to let Ms. Kate know she is returning her books. This child's excitement was a true catalyst of encouragement for her whole family to be present and participate in the Red Book Bag Club. After a few weeks, we started seeing mom, dad, and two younger sisters attend instead of just one parent bringing the Pre-K child. The family soon became more comfortable in participation and discussions with staff."
-Baltimore County Public Schools  Sandalwood ES
"When I visited a classroom for a Read Aloud, a boy had the book I was reading aloud in his bag that week. He was very excited to be able to say he had read the story and helped me give the class an overview of the book before we started reading."
-Partners for Children and Families, Moore County

Together, we help children enter kindergarten ready to learn and reach reading proficiency by third grade. We partner with schools, nonprofits, and community organizations nationwide.