READING PROMOTION PARTNERS

PART ONE - LIST OF PARTNERS
PART TWO - BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND HOW TO BECOME A PARTNER

A

Academy of American Poets
584 Broadway, Suite 604
New York, NY 10012-5243
phone: 212-274-0343 / fax: 212-274-9427
e-mail: academy@poets.org
http://www.poets.org/

Africa Access
P. O. Box 8028
Silver Spring, MD 20910
phone: 301-587-3040
e-mail: AfricaAccess@aol.com
http://www.africaaccessreview.org/

American Booksellers Association
200 White Plains Rd., Suite 600
Tarrytown, NY 10591
phone: 1-800-637-0037 / fax: 914-591-2720
e-mail: info@bookweb.org
http://www.bookweb.org/

American Federation of Teachers
555 New Jersey Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001-2079
phone: 202-879-4400 / fax: 202-879-4556
e-mail: online@aft.org
http://www.aft.org/

American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
phone: 1-800-AFB-LINE (1-800-232-5463) or 212-502-7600 (AFB Headquarters)
fax: 212-502-7777 / TDD: 212-502-7662
e-mail: afbinfo@afb.net
http://www.afb.org/

American Library Association (ALA)
50 E. Huron St.
Chicago, IL 60611
phone: 312-280-5044 or 1-800-545-2433/ fax: 312-280-3224
e-mail: ala@ala.org
http://www.ala.org/

ALA Washington Office
1615 New Hampshire Ave., NW, 1st Floor
Washington, DC 20009-2520
phone: 202-628-8410 or 1-800-941-8478
e-mail:alawash@alawash.org
http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/washingtonoffice.cfm

American Poetry and Literacy Project
c/o Andrew Carroll
PO Box 53445
Washington, DC 20009
http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/301

American Printing House for the Blind
1839 Frankfort Ave.
PO Box 6085
Louisville, KY 40206-0085
phone: 502-895-2405 or 800-223-1839 (U.S. and Canada) / fax: 502-899-2363
e-mail: info@aph.org
Contact Rebecca Snider in Public Affairs
http://www.aph.org/

Annenberg Media
1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, #302
Washington, DC 20004
phone: 202-783-0500 / fax: 202-783-0333
e-mail: info@learner.org
http://www.learner.org/

Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America
20 W. 44th St., 4th Floor
New York, NY 10036-6604
phone: 212-944-8291/ fax: 212-944-8293
e-mail: inquiries@abaa.org
http://abaa.org/

Armed Services YMCA
6359 Walker Lane, Suite 200
Alexandria, VA 22310
phone: 703-313-9600 or toll free: 1-800-597-1260 / fax: 703-313-9668
e-mail:asymca@asymca.org
http://www.asymca.org/

Association of American Publishers (AAP)
71 Fifth Ave., 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10003-3004
phone: 212-255-0200 / fax: 212-255-7007
http://www.publishers.org/

AAP Washington Office
50 F St., NW, 4th Floor
Washington, DC 20001-1530
phone: 202-347-3375 / fax: 202-347-3690

Association of American University Presses, Inc.
71 W. 23rd St., #901
New York, NY 10010
phone: 212-989-1010 / fax: 212-989-0275
e-mail: info@aaupnet.org
http://aaupnet.org/

The Authors Guild, Inc.
31 E. 32nd St., 7th Floor
New York, NY 10016
phone: 212-563-5904 / fax: 212-564-5363
e-mail: staff@authorsguild.org
http://www.authorsguild.org/

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The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy
1201 15th St., NW, Suite 420
Washington, DC 20005
phone: 202-955-6183 / fax: 202-955-5492
e-mail: krichardson@cfncr.org
http://www.barbarabushfoundation.com/

Between the Lions
WGBH
1 Guest St.
Boston, MA 02135
phone: 617-300-2000
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/lions/

Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Texas (BBBSNT)
450 E. John Carpenter Fwy.
Las Colinas, TX 75062
phone: 214-441-2227 / fax: 972-421-1770
e-mail: program@bbbsnt.org
http://www.bbbs.org/site/c.esJQK5PFJnH/b.1621293/k.BE24/Home.htm

Book Industry Study Group, Inc.
370 Lexington Ave., Suite 900
New York, NY 10017
phone: 646-336-7141 / fax: 646-336-6214
e-mail: info@bisg.org
http://bisg.org/

BOOK IT!
P.O. Box 2999
Wichita, KS 67201
phone: 1-800-426-6548 (9 a.m. - 4 p.m. CT, M-F) / fax: 316-685-0977
e-mail: bookit@pizzahut.com
http://www.bookitprogram.com/

Books For Kids Foundation
225 W. 35th St., 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10001
phone: 212-252-9168 / fax: 212-594-2511
e-mail: info@booksforkidsfoundation.org
http://www.booksforkidsfoundation.org/

BrailleInk.
1100 W. 45th St.
Austin, TX 78756
phone: 800-324-2919 or 512-206-9252 / fax: 512-206-9142
e-mail: info@brailleink.org
http://www.brailleink.org

Cartoonists Across America And The World
P.O. Box 670
Lompoc, CA 93438
phone: 909-725-7337
e-mail: philyeh@mac.com
http://www.ideaship.com/

Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (CAELA)
[formerly the National Center for ESL Literacy Education (NCLE)]
4646 40th St., NW
Washington, DC 20016-1859
phone: 202-355-1500
e-mail: miriam@cal.org or kirsten@cal.org
http://www.cal.org/caela/

Center for Applied Linguistics
4646 40th St., NW
Washington, DC 20016-1859
phone: 202-362-0700/ fax: 202-362-3740
e-mail: info@cal.org
http://www.cal.org/

Center for Summer Learning
Johns Hopkins University
Education Building, Suite 307
2800 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21218
phone: 410-516-6228 / fax: 410-516-6222
http://www.summerlearning.org/

Children's Book Council
12 W. 37th St., 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10018-7480
phone: 212-966-1990 / fax: 212-966-2073
e-mail: info@cbcbooks.org
http://www.cbcbooks.org/

Children's Book Guild of Washington, D.C.
4613 Amherst Rd.
College Park, MD 20740
e-mail: theguild@childrensbookguild.org
http://www.childrensbookguild.org/

Church and Synagogue Library Association
2920 SW Dolph Ct., Suite 3A
Portland, OR 97219-3962
phone: 503-244-6919 or 800-542-2752 / fax: 503-977-3734
e-mail: csla@worldaccessnet.com
http://cslainfo.org/

Correctional Education Association
8182 Lark Brown Rd., Suite 202
Elkridge, MD 21075
phone: 800-783-1232 or 443-459-3080/ fax: 443-459-3088
e-mail: office@ceanational.org
http://www.ceanational.org/

Council for Professional Recognition
2460 16th St., NW
Washington, DC 20009-3575
phone: 800-424-4310 or 202-265-9090/ fax: 202-265-9161
http://www.cdacouncil.org/

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Everybody Wins Foundation! USA
1901 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 801
Washington, DC 20006
phone: 202-955-1301 / fax: 202-955-1313
http://www.everybodywins.org/

Everybody Wins! DC
666 11th St., NW, Suite 1030
Washington, DC 20001
phone: 202-347-WINS / fax: 202-347-9504
e-mail: info@everybodywinsdc.org
http://www.everybodywinsdc.org/

Family Reading Partnership
54 Gunderman Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
phone: 607-277-8602 / fax: 607-274-2223
e-mail: office@familyreading.org
http://www.familyreading.org/

Federation of State Humanities Councils
1600 Wilson Blvd., Suite 902
Arlington, VA 22209
phone: 703-908-9700 / fax: 703-908-9706
e-mail: info@statehumanities.com
http://www.statehumanities.com/

First Book
1319 F St., NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004-1155
phone: 202-393-1222 / fax: 202-628-1258
e-mail: staff@firstbook.org
http://www.firstbook.org/

Friends of Libraries U.S.A. (FOLUSA)
1420 Walnut St., Suite 450
Philadelphia, PA 19102-4017
phone: 215-790-1674 or 1-800-9FOLUSA (1-800-936-5872)/ fax: 215-545-3821
e-mail: friends@folusa.org
http://www.folusa.org/

General Federation of Women's Clubs
1734 N St., NW
Washington, DC 20036-2990
phone: 202-347-3168/ fax: 202-835-0246
e-mail: gfwc@gfwc.org
http://www.gfwc.org/

The Heart of America Foundation®
401 F St., NW, Suite 325
Washington, DC 20001
phone: 202-347-6278 / fax: 202-347-8599
e-mail: info@heartofamerica.org
http://www.heartofamerica.org/

Hurston/Wright Foundation
6525 Belcrest Rd., Suite 531
Hyattsville, MD 20782
phone: 301-683-2134 / fax: 301-277-1262
e-mail: info@hurston-wright.org
http://www.hurston-wright.org/

If I Can Read, I Can Do Anything
(A National Reading Club for Native American Children)
School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station, D7000
Austin, TX 78712-0390
e-mail: ifican@ischool.utexas.edu
http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~ifican/

In2Books
13625-A Dulles Technology Dr.
Herndon, VA 20171
phone: 703-885-3400 / fax: 703-885-3490
info@corp.epals.com
http://www.in2books.org/

Institute of Museum and Library Services
1800 M St., NW, 9th Floor
Washington, DC 20036-5802
phone: 202-653-IMLS(4657)/ fax: 202-653-4600
e-mail: imlsinfo@imls.gov
http://www.imls.gov/

International Children's Digital Library
University of Maryland
4105 Hornbake Building, South Wing
College Park, MD 20742
voice/fax: 1-800-997-ICDL (4235)
http://www.icdlbooks.org/

International Reading Association
800 Barksdale Rd.
P.O. Box 8139
Newark, DE 19714-8139
phone: 1-800-336-7323 (toll free for US & Canada) or 302-731-1600 / fax: 302-731-1057
e-mail: pubinfo@reading.org
http://www.reading.org/

Jumpstart for Young Children
Southern Region Office
1411 K St., NW, Suite 503
Washington, DC 20005
phone: 202-393-4449 / fax: 202-403-3320
Contact Katey Comerford, City Director at: katey.comerford@jstart.org
http://www.jstart.org/

Junior League of Washington, D.C.
3039 M St., NW
Washington, DC 20007
phone: 202-337-2001 / fax: 202-342-3148
e-mail: office@jlw.org
http://www.jlw.org/

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Library of America
14 E. 60th St.
New York, NY 10022-1006
phone: 212-308-3360 / fax: 212-750-8353
e-mail: info@loa.org
http://www.libraryofamerica.org/

Lifetime Literacy Foundation
PMA, The Independent Book Publishers Association
627 Aviation Way
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
phone: 310-372-2732 / fax: 310-374-3342
http://www.lifetimeliteracy.org/

Lubuto Library Project, Inc.
5505 Connecticut Ave., NW, #368
Washington, D. C. 20015-2601
phone/fax: 202-558-5608
e-mail: webmail@lubuto.org
http://www.lubuto.org/

Meridian International Center
1630 Crescent Place, NW
Washington, D.C. 20009
phone: 202-667-6800/fax: 202-667-1475
e-mail: info@meridian.org
http://www.meridian.org/

Mortar Board
National College Senior Honor Society
1200 Chambers Rd., Suite 201
Columbus, OH 43212
phone: 800-989-6266 / fax: 614-488-4095
e-mail: mortarboard@mortarboard.org
http://www.mortarboard.org/

Mystery Writers of America
17 E. 47th St., 6th Floor
New York, NY 10017
phone: 212-888-8171 / fax: 212-888-8107
e-mail: mwa@mysterywriters.org
http://www.mysterywriters.org/

National Archives and Records Administration
Author Lecture Programs
700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20408
Contact Alli Jessing - phone: 202-357-5061, fax: 202-357-5925, e-mail: Allison.Jessing@nara.gov

National Association for the Education of Young Children
1313 L St., NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
phone: 202-232-8777 or 1-800-424-2460 / fax: 202-328-1846
e-mail: naeyc@naeyc.org
http://www.naeyc.org/

National Book Foundation
95 Madison Ave., Suite 709
New York, NY 10016
phone: 212-685-0261 fax: 212-213-6570
e-mail: nationalbook@nationalbook.org
http://www.nationalbook.org/

National Center for Family Literacy
325 W. Main St., Suite 300
Louisville, KY 40202-4237
phone: 502-584-1133 / fax: 502-584-0172
Family Literacy InfoLine: 1-877-FAMLIT-1
e-mail: ncfl@famlit.org
http://www.famlit.org/

National Center for Learning Disabilities
381 Park Ave. S, Suite 1401
New York, NY 10016
phone: 212-545-7510 or 1-888-575-7373 (toll-free) /fax: 212-545-9665
http://www.ncld.org/

National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance
P. O. Box 634
Franklin, MA 02038
phone: 508-533-5851
e-mail: info@thencbla.org
http://www.thencbla.org/

National Coalition for Literacy
P. O. Box 11592
Washington, DC 20008
fax: 1-866-738-3757
e-mail: ncl@national-coalition-literacy.org
http://www.national-coalition-literacy.org/

National Council of Teachers of English
1111 W. Kenyon Rd.
Urbana, IL 61801-1096
phone: 217-328-3870 or 877-369-6283/ fax: 217-328-9645
e-mail: public_info@ncte.org
http://www.ncte.org/

National Education Association
Read Across America
1201 16th St., NW
Washington, DC 20036-3290
phone: 202-833-7387 / fax: 202-822-7974
http://www.nea.org/readacross

National Endowment for the Arts
1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20506-0001
phone: 202-682-5400
e-mail: kipend@arts.gov
http://arts.endow.gov/

National Endowment for the Humanities
1100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20506
phone: 202-606-8400 or 800-NEH (634)-1121
fax: 202-606-8240
e-mail: info@neh.gov
http://www.neh.gov/

National Federation of Press Women
P.O. Box 5556
Arlington, VA 22205
phone:1-800-780-2715 / fax: 703-812-4555
e-mail: presswomen@aol.com
http://www.nfpw.org/

National Humanities Alliance
21 Dupont Circle, NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
phone: 202-296-4994 / fax: 202-872-0884
http://www.nhalliance.org/

National Institute for Literacy
1775 I St., NW, Suite 730
Washington, DC 20006-2401
phone: 202-233-2025/ fax: 202-233-2050
http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/

National Literary Society of the Deaf (NLSD)
e-mail: nls1907@aol.com
http://www.folda.net/nlsd

National Museum of the American Indian
4th St. and Independence Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20560
phone: 202-633-1000
e-mail: NMAIprograms@si.edu
http://www.nmai.edu/

National Newspaper Association Foundation
Washington Office
2020 N. 14th St., Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22201
phone: 703-465-8808 / 703-812-4555
e-mail: carol@nna.org
http://www.nna.org/Partners/NNAF.htm

National Writing Project
National Office
University of California
2105 Bancroft Way, #1042
Berkeley, CA 94720-1042
phone: 510-642-0963 / fax: 510-642-4545
e-mail: nwp@nwp.org
http://www.nwp.org/

The New York Center for Independent Publishing (formerly Small Press Center)
20 W. 44th St.
New York, NY 10036
phone: 212-764-7021 / fax: 212-840-2046
e-mail: info@smallpress.org
http://www.nycip.org/

Nextbook
295 Lafayette St., Suite 501
New York, NY 10012
phone: 646-277-2400
e-mail: mail@nextbook.org
http://www.nextbook.org/

PEN/Faulkner Foundation
201 East Capitol St., SE
Washington, DC 20003
phone: 202-898-9063 / fax: 202-675-0345
e-mail: jneely@penfaulkner.org
http://www.penfaulkner.org/

Pi Beta Phi Fraternity
1154 Town & Country Commons Dr.
Town & Country, MO 63017
phone: 636-256-0680 / fax: 636-256-8095
e-mail: webmaster@pibetaphi.org
http://www.pibetaphi.org

Poetry Society of America
15 Gramercy Park
New York, NY 10003
phone: 212-254-9628 / fax: 212-673-2352
http://www.poetrysociety.org/

Poets House
594 Broadway, Suite 510
New York, NY 10012
phone: 212-431-7920 / fax: 212-431-8131
e-mail: info@poetshouse.org
http://www.poetshouse.org/

ProLiteracy Worldwide
1320 Jamesville Ave.
Syracuse, NY 13210
phone: 315-422-9121 or toll free:1-888-528-2224
fax: 315-422-6369
e-mail: info@proliteracy.org
http://www.proliteracy.org/

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Reach Out and Read National Center
56 Roland St., Suite 100D
Boston, MA 02129-1243
phone: 617-455-0600 / fax: 617-455-0601
e-mail: info@reachoutandread.org
http://www.reachoutandread.org/

Read To Them
4506 Riverside Dr.
Richmond, VA 23225
phone: 804-397-0035
e-mail Gary Anderson at: garya50@aol.com
http://www.readtothem.org/

Read to Me International Foundation
1833 Kalakaua Ave., Suite 301
Honolulu, HI 96815
phone: 808-955-7600/ fax: 808-955-7601
e-mail: read@readtomeintl.org
http://www.readtomeintl.org/

Reader to Reader, Inc.
c/o Cadigan Center
38 Woodside Ave.
Amherst, MA 01002
phone: 413-256-8595
e-mail: dmazor@readertoreader.org
http://www.readertoreader.org/

The Reading Connection
2009 N 14th St., Suite 307
Arlington, VA 22201
phone: 703-528-8317 / fax: 703-528-3225
e-mail: kidsread@thereadingconnection.org
http://www.thereadingconnection.org/

Reading Is Fundamental, Inc.
1825 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20009
phone:1-877- RIF-READ (toll-free) or 202-536-3400
fax: 202-536-3518
e-mail: contactus@rif.org
http://www.rif.org/

Reading Rockets
WETA Public Television
2775 S. Qunicy St.
Arlington, VA 22206
phone: 703-998-2001 / fax: 703-998-2060
e-mail: readingrockets@weta.org
http://www.readingrockets.org/

Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic RFB & D)
National Headquarters
20 Roszel Rd.
Princeton, NJ 08540
phone: 866-732-3585
http://www.rfbd.org/

Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic of Metropolitan Washington
5225 Wisconsin Ave., NW, Suite 312
Washington, DC 20015
phone: 202-244-8990
e-mail: washingtondc@rfbd.org
http://www.rfbd.org/dc

River of Words
2547 8th St., 13B
Berkeley, CA 94710
phone: 510-548-7636 / fax: 510-548-2095
e-mail: info@riverofwords.org
http://www.riverofwords.org/

Romance Writers of America
16000 Struebner Airline Rd., Suite 140
Spring, TX 77379
phone: 832-717-5200 / fax: 832-717-5201, e-mail:info@rwanational.org
http://www.rwanational.org/

SchoolBizMatch
5185 MacArthur Blvd., NW
Washington, DC 20016
phone: 202-337-0440 / fax: 202-966-4431
e-mail: info@schoolbizmatch.com
http://www.schoolbizmatch.com/

SeniorNet
900 Lafayette St., Suite 604
Santa Clara, CA 95050
phone: 408-615-0699 / fax: 408-615-0928
e-mail: seniornet@seniornet.org
http://www.seniornet.org/

Share Literacy
P. O. Box 176
Los Altos, CA 94023
phone: 800-366-2595 / fax: 650-948-9546
e-mail: sharehoopoe@aol.com
http://www.shareliteracy.org/

SIL International
7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd.
Dallas, TX 75236-5629
phone: 972-708-7400 / fax: 972-708-7350
http://www.sil.org/

Office of International Relations
2011 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 250
Washington, DC 20006
phone: 202-785-2441 / fax: 202-872-1811
http://www.sil.org/sildc

Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
street address:
Capital Gallery
600 Maryland Ave., SW, Suite 1005
Washington, DC 20024

Smithsonian Institution Libraries
P.O. Box 37012, MRC 154
Washington, DC 20013-7012
phone: 202-633-2240 / fax: 202-786-2866
http://www.sil.si.edu/

Smithsonian Latino Center
Capital Gallery
600 Maryland Ave., SW, Suite 7042
MRC 512
Washington, DC 20024
phone: 202-633-1240 / fax: 202-633-1132
http://www.latino.si.edu/

Turning the Page
1010 Vermont Ave., NW, Suite 915
Washington, DC 20005
phone: 202-347-9841 / fax: 202-347-9845
e-mail: mail@turningthepage.org
http://www.turningthepage.org/

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Ronald Reagan Building
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20523-1000
phone: 202-712-4810 / fax: 202-216-3524
http://www.usaid.gov/

U. S. Department of Education
Federal Interagency Committee on Education(FICE)
400 Maryland Ave., SW
Washington, DC 20202
phone: 202-401-3673
e-mail: anthony.fowler@ed.gov
See information at: http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/com.html

U.S. Department of Education
Educational Partnerships and Family Involvement
400 Maryland Ave., SW, Rm. 5E105
Washington, DC 20202-8173
phone: 202-401-0056 / fax: 202-205-9133
e-mail: partner@ed.gov
http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/partnership.html

U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
1800 M St., NW, Suite 350, North Tower
Washington, DC 20036
phone: 212-606-9200 / fax: 202-606-9203
e-mail: info@nclis.gov
http://www.nclis.gov/

United States Board on Books for Young People
P.O. Box 8139
800 Barksdale Rd.
Newark, DE 19714-8139
phone: 302-731-1600, ext. 274 / fax: 302-731-1057
e-mail:usbby@reading.org
http://www.usbby.org/

VALUE, Inc.
(Voice for Adult Literacy United for Education)
2217 Providence Ave., 2nd Floor
Chester, PA 19013
phone: 610-876-7625 / fax: 610-876-5414
e-mail: office@valueusa.org
http://www.valueusa.org/

Washington State Library
Washington Secretary of State
Point Plaza East
6880 Capitol Blvd. Tumwater
P.O. Box 43460
Olympia, WA 98504-2460
phone: 360-704-5200
e-mail:jwalsh@secstate.wa.gov
http://www.secstate.wa.gov/library/

Western Writers of America, Inc.
For information, contact Executive Director Paul Andrew Hutton at wwa@unm.edu
http://www.westernwriters.org/

Wish You Well Foundation
12359 Sunrise Valley Dr., Suite 360
Reston, VA 20191
phone: 703-476-6032 / fax: 703-476-9400
e-mail: info@wishyouwellfoundation.org
http://www.wishyouwellfoundation.org/

Women's National Book Association, Inc.
Susannah Greenberg Public Relations
c/o Women's National Book Association - New York City Chapter
P. O. Box 237
FDR Station
New York, NY 10150-0231
voice/fax: 212-208-4629
e-mail: publicity@bookbuzz.com
http://wnba-books.org/

Zero to Three
National Center for Infants, Toddlers, & Families
2000 M St., NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036-3307
phone: 202-638-1144 / fax:202-638-0851
http://www.zerotothree.org/

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Partnerships are formalized through an exchange of letters or e-mails between John Y. Cole, director of the Center for the Book, and the partnership organization. The status of the partnership is reviewed every three years by the Center for the Book. If the status appears to be inactive, after discussion with the partnership organization, the affiliation may be dropped.

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