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.

Latest Articles

March Member Meet Up

Member Meetups are an informal way to network with other professionals around a topic relevant to youth librarianship. Librarians promote ...

Announcing the 2025 CLEL Bell Award winners

COLORADO – Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy today announced five winning picture books that exemplify the early literacy practices READ, ...
Announcing the 2025 CLEL Bells Shortlist

Announcing the 2025 CLEL Bells Shortlist

We are pleased to announce the shortlist titles for the annual CLEL Bell Awards. The 2025 year was historic in ...

Events

  • 2025 CLEL Conference

    Save the Date! October 16 and 17, 2025 will be the dates for our Annual CLEL Conference. The confere…

    October 16 @ 11:00 amOctober 17 @ 5:00 pm MDT

“CLEL offers a central focus on early literacy and networking with like-minded professionals and paraprofessionals. This is priceless.”

— CLEL member