• Our Second Annual Words Changing Worlds Gala Took Place in NYC on May 11, 2010

  Our Gala was a night of support and love, celebrated by 350 wonderful guests! Cheers for our honorees Naomi Shihab Nye, Walter Dean Myers and Youth Ambassador Ben Hirschfeld and their inspirations, for our Poet Laureate Kwame Alexander's beautiful LitWorld poem and for our extra special guests, the girls from Girls Prep and Somers Middle School. Check out our photos on Facebook!

• RSVP for Our Second Annual By Gala May 1, 2010

  LitWorld's Spring Gala is coming up on Tuesday, May 11, 6:30 to 8:30 pm at The Prince George Ballroom. Come celebrate and support the power of words and stories to impact the lives of children everywhere. This year's Story Power Awards will be presented to legendary author Walter Dean Myers and esteemed poet Naomi Nye.

• LitWorld Joins Global Campaign for Education's Coalition, March 26, 2010

  We accepted an exciting invitation to become a part of Global Campaign for Education's Coalition, and look forward to collaborating with these organizations! Visit the GCE website for more info on this group.

• Our First World Read Aloud Day Was a Grand Success, March 3, 2010

  Thousands particiated in over thirty-five countries around the world for an incredible and truly powerful day! Visit our World Read Aloud Day Story Sharing Page and check out our photo highlights on Facebook!

• LitWorld Returns from a Visit to Red Rose School in Kenya, February 19, 2010

  Read about the spectacular LitWeek on The Children of Kibera Blog and in Nairobi's Teach Magazine.

• Pam Allyn on The Today Show with Kathy Lee and Hoda, December 14, 2009

  Pam made an appearance in the third hour of The Today Show, hosted by Kathy Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb, as a representative of James Patterson's organization ReadKiddoRead to celebrate their contribution of books to the show's holiday season Today Toy Drive, Watch Now!

• Lit! Benefit Concert on Monday, December 7, 2009

  A concert featuring traditional Scottish dance music took place at the International House in New York City to raise funds for The Lit! Project, which is directed by our Youth Ambassador Ben Hirschfeld.

• Pam Allyn is Now Blogging for The Huffington Post, December 2, 2009

  Check out Pam's First Story for The Huffington Post, How Stories Save Us.

• Special Event with the Amherst Alumni Association, October 4, 2009

  The Amherst Association of New York City is hosting a "Read-Around" to support LitWorld, with readings by Pam Allyn, guest author Harlan Coben, and students from The Children's Village. The event will be held at the Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe from 1 to 3 pm, refreshments will be served.
  
  Share your love of literature by spending an afternoon reading with fellow alumni and students from The Children's Village. Bring lightly used books to donate to a "book-swap," where participants will be able to donate old favorites to be re-sold for $1 each. All proceeds will go to LitWorld. Clean out your bookshelf, support two great organizations and pick up some new favorites!
  
  Check out our photo highlights from the event.

• Partnership with Reader's Digest for Make It Matter Day, October 3, 2009

  We are pleased to announce that we have partnered with Reader's Digest to participate in their international event Make it Matter Day. Reader's Digest holds a vote every year to determine "the cause that matters most" and this year's choice was literacy and education, a perfect match for LitWorld!
  
  On this day, local and national organizations across America will come together to rally behind literacy and education. Over 100 events will be held at schools, Boys & Girls Clubs, YMCAs and libraries. Visit the official site to find out what's happening near you and how you can participate!
  
  LitWorld is honored to have been selected to partner with Readers Digest on Make it Matter Day and we are creating digital books... Join us at realelearners.com and create your own digital book that LitWorld kids all over the world can read!
  
  Check out our photo highlights from the event we participated in at the New York Public Library.

• Pam Allyn on New York 1, September 23, 2009

  Watch Pam's What to Read When segment with Shelley Goldberg on ny1.com for some inspiring tips on reading with your kids!

• Pam Allyn's Letter to the Editor in the New York Times, September 6, 2009

  Many people submitted letters to the New York Times in response to Motoko Rich's controversial article A New Assignment: Pick Books You Like about the importance of book choice and freedom in the classroom, and Pam's letter was one of the ones chosen to be published, read it here.

• Highlights from LitWorld's Trip to Africa

  View photo highlights on our Facebook page and share with your friends!

• Become an Official Facebook Fan and Tweet With Us

  For to-the-minute updates, join us on our new Facebook Page and follow Pam on Twitter! Let's all fully engage our social networking potential to spread the word about LitWorld.

• Recent Partnership Developments

  We are pleased to be partnering with Jeffrey Sachs' legendary think tank, the Millennium Cities Initiative at the Earth Institute at Columbia University, to bring teachers and administrators from the Department of Education in Kisumu to our TALL (Teachers as Literacy Leaders) Institute in Nairobi, Kenya.
  
  In addition, we are now also officially partnering with the Care and Protection of Children Learning Network in the Program on Forced Migration and Health at the Columbia University School of Public Health to co-create The Resilience Project for the Scholastic Foundation.

• LitWorld Africa Trip 2009

  The LitWorld team will return to Kenya and Liberia in July, expanding our programming to meet the overwhelming response we've received. In our four weeks of travel, we will train hundreds of educators who teach thousands of children! We will share photos and stories of our travels with the LitWorld community upon our return in August.

• LitWorld Benefit at Lincoln Center

  In May 2009, we were honored to host 300 supporters at our first annual LitWorld Benefit in the Stanley Kaplan Penthouse at Lincoln Center. Our Story Power Award recipients, Marcus Samuelsson and Faith Ringgold, inspired the LitWorld community to continue the important and meaningful work towards global literacy.

• LitWorld Featured in The New York Times

  An amazing article was published in The New York Times describing the lifechanging connections LitWorld fosters between students around the world.

• The Resilience Project Update

  The Scholastic Foundation has announced a grant to LitWorld for The Resilience Project, a writing initiative to bring stories and the power of words to refugee children. Stay tuned for more details on this innovative and exciting new project.

• Executive Director Pam Allyn Featured in the New York Post!

  An exciting article was published in the New York Post on fostering summer literacy routines and habits, featuring LitWorld's Executive Director Pam Allyn.

• Coming Soon: World Read Aloud Day, March 3, 2010

  Contact us if you'd like to join in the planning and mobilization! Email us at wrad@litworld.org.