One of our corporate partners, Better World Books, will be featured this weekend on CNN and CNN Headline News. I hope you have the opportunity to check it out.

It is a well-deserved recognition for a dynamic social enterprise that is the leader in converting donated books into funding to support literacy. Each consumer who sees the story will also learn about the important cause of family literacy since BWB has been a partner of NCFL’s since 2005.

President Obama has nominated Dr. Brenda Dann-Messier to be the new Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education at the U.S. Department of Education. NCFL applauds this nomination and looks forward to great progress under Dr. Dann-Messier’s leadership.

Yesterday at the Louisville Central Community Center, NCFL and Half Price Books celebrated the 11th Annual Half Pint Library book giveaway. And what a success! More than 3,000 books were donated to Louisville readers as part of Community Service Day. Children from area programs were invited to take free books home to help build their own libraries. Check out some of the pictures from the day.

Children's Books with Dad as the Star
Sunday is Father’s Day, and there’s no better way to celebrate than reading together with Dad. Check out this list of books starring fathers. From Detroit News.

http://detnews.com/article/20090618/LIFESTYLE/906180316/1005/LIFESTYLE/Children-s-books-with-Dad-as-the-star

Libraries Aim to Help Kids Avoid 'Summer Slide'

First Book is offering NCFL groups priority to apply for books from an upcoming National Book Bank distribution!

The distribution will be hosted this summer in New Jersey and will offer a variety of titles for different age ranges from First Book’s publishing partners, Sterling Publishing and Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Information on applying for the books will go out in early July to all NCFL groups registered with First Book so don’t delay in registering your program!

Author Jan Goldstein was a prominent keynote speaker at NCFL’s Conference in March, and we are excited to announce that today his new book The Bride Will Keep Her Name comes down the aisles of bookstores nationwide. The book is already in its fourth printing…way to go, Jan!

The Harlequin 100,000 Book Challenge continues, with over 50,000 books already donated to Family and Child Education (FACE) programs across the country! And there’s still time for you to join in this great campaign! These books have been an invaluable tool in engaging adult readers in family literacy programs. Here’s a story from a teacher in one of the FACE programs that has already received books:

NCFL is excited to announce the launch of our new website!  Click here to take a look!

You'll still find expert family literacy content, advice and materials, but we've repackaged the site so that it's easy to use (and looks good, too).

Here are some highlights to check out:
Free resources for both educators and families

Since 2005, Better World Books has been a committed partner in our mission to build a more literate nation on so many levels; they have dedicated their funding, time, talent and energy to family literacy.

We just wrapped up NCFL's 18^th Annual National Conference on Family Literacy.  We hope you had a great time at Conference this year!  Check out these pictures from the general sessions, and please post a comment letting us know your favorite part of Conference.  Enjoy!