Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy

Passionately committed to strengthening children’s literacy through library services and community advocacy.

Membership is 100% FREE and open to anyone interested in early literacy.

April is National Poetry Month and the perfect time to remember author and photographer, April Pulley Sayre. Although she never ...
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Jessica Fredrickson/ Emeritus CLEL Training & Advocacy Subcommittee Chair After a year of group study, our last Project READY cohort ...
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Angela McCaffery / West Custer County Library District For a few years now the West Custer County Library has been ...
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by Larissa Honsek (Familius) Published May 25, 2021 Follow along with the clay characters to move your body! ...
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by Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon (Sourcebooks Jabberwocky) Published January 12, 2021 The parent motivates the child to ...
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by Joseph Kuefler (Balzer + Bray) Published June 8, 2021 Two friends spend their sleepover discovering all the things a ...
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“CLEL offers a central focus on early literacy and networking with like-minded professionals and paraprofessionals. This is priceless.”
— CLEL member