The purpose of Readers Are Leaders is to instill the love of reading in young students by having volunteers read in their classrooms on a regular basis.
Click here to see the 2023-2024 Readers Are Leaders Book List.
Click here to learn about the history of Readers Are Leaders.
Readers Are Leaders volunteers entertain, enlighten and encourage the students as they read quality, age-appropriate literature to them including books about science, biographies and fiction. On each visit members read two books that are then donated to the classroom library along with enrichment activities to instill a love of reading and to improve the quality and quantity of the classroom library for in-class reading.
During the holiday season each student is gifted a hard cover book from the National Geographic’s series of Little Kids First Big Books of various topics. Several other times each year, each student also receives a paperback book. Today’s readers are tomorrow’s readers!
Mark Dooley, Library Media Tech - Muwekma Ohlone Middle School
“Ms.LoForti, I don’t think I’m going to be able to concentrate today because I have to read this book right now.” Thank you to you and everyone who made it possible for the kids to receive those books. We’re starting our animal research projects in the new year, so the animal books will be perfect for that.
Laurie LoForti, Stipe Elementary School
Michele Vega, 2nd grade teacher, Almaden Elementary
Katsuri Basu, Principal, Lyndale Elementary School
I so appreciate our partnership over the years and also appreciate the additional money that I could use to buy books as well. I look forward to the readers visiting in person as that is such a huge part of the gift – seeing readers who are passionate to share books with students.
Dedra Downing, 2nd grade teacher, Stipe Elementary
