The Community Recruiting Guide provides a range of letter templates for recruiting mentors from a variety of sources. Browse the resources below for additional tools to support your recruitment efforts.
The Mentor Success Guide equips mentors with valuable information for managing their read-alouds, and for building meaningful connections with kids. Help mentors prepare and find inspiration with the resources below.
Here you’ll find letter templates for encouraging mentors, thank-you card templates that students can use to thank mentors, and certificates for program facilitators, parents, and students.
This biographical poem by the poet Juan Felipe Herrera follows his path from life in a small village to the steps of the Library of Congress, where he shares his poetry with the nation.
Marshall and his family have been eating a lot of beans during the Great Depression. He’s surprised when he has a chance to guess how many beans are in a jar—and win a sewing machine for his mother.
Donavan collects his favorite words by writing them on pieces of paper that he keeps in a jar. His teacher challenges him to share his favorite words with others, and Donavan finds new joy.
When a boy receives a goldfish for his birthday, he is disappointed. As he sets out to trade Norman in for something better, he begins to discover that Norman is not what he seems to be.