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Family literacy programs, tutoring programs, and other community-based efforts can all have an impact on parenting and literacy skills. Read more about the qualities of successful programs and the steps community groups can take to help a child become a reader.

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In Search of Free Books
By: Rachael Walker (2007)

Top Tips for Engaging Dads
By: National Literacy Trust (2007)

A Novel Idea: Joining City Reading Programs
By: Marianne Hurst (2002)

Home Visiting Program Helps Toddlers Fill Learning Gaps
By: Linda Jacobson (2002)

Give Your Child a Head Start
By: Head Start Information and Publication Center (2001)

Non-Profits: A Pro-Literacy Tradition
By: U.S. Department of Education (1999)

Steps Employers Can Take to Help Every Child Become a Reader
By: U.S. Department of Education (1999)

Steps Community Groups Can Take To Help Every Child Become a Reader
By: U.S. Department of Education (1999)

Developing a Tutoring Program
By: Derry Koralek and Ray Collins (1997)

Evidence That Tutoring Works
By: U.S. Department of Education (1997)

What Concerned Citizens Can Do to Help All Children Read
By: U.S. Department of Education (1997)

What Community Groups Can Do to Help All Children Read
By: U.S. Department of Education (1997)

Creating Programs for Language Minority Families
By: Margaret Mulhern, Flora V. Rodriguez-Brown, and Timothy Shanahan (1994)

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