1. How to make a financial donation
Ready, Set, Read! is a nonprofit organization that is funded solely through private contributions, foundations and corporate grants. Ready, Set, Read! does not charge a fee for services to our recipient teachers or parents. Your support is greatly needed and appreciated by the thousands of families we work with each year.

$30 will supply 10 families with a preschool-level book to start a home library
$75 will bring a parent educator to a school to conduct a read aloud workshop attended by twenty to sixty parents.
$300 will bring a bilingual lending library into a preschool classroom, where it will be enjoyed by families for several years.

Please make your check payable to “Community Partners For Benefit Of Ready, Set, Read!” and mail it to:

100 N. Alameda St. #240
Los Angeles, CA. 90012

2. What books are we looking for?
Many of the books we include in our libraries have been donated to us. So, each library is a little different. However, every Ready, Set, Read! lending library includes many books, in English or Spanish, from among these titles:

Green Eggs and Ham, by Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat, by Dr. Seuss
Are You My Mother?, by P.D. Eastman
Go, Dog, Go!, by P. D. Eastman
Good Night, Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown, Harper Collins
The Runaway Bunny, by Margaret Wise Brown
The Big Red Barn, by Margaret Wise Brown
Madeline, by Ludwig Bemelmans
Make Way for Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey
Dr. De Soto, by William Steig
The Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle
From Head to Toe, by Eric Carle
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?, by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle
Clifford the Big Red Dog, by Norman Bridwell
Clifford the Small Red Puppy, by Norman Bridwell
Where’s Spot?, by Eric Hill, Puffin Books
Danny and the Dinosaur, by Syd Hoff
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, by Judith Viorst,
The Story of Ferdinand, by Munro Leaf
Mike Mulligan, by Virginia Lee Burton
Harold and the Purple Crayon, by Crockett Johnson
The Carrot Seed, by Crockett Johnson
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, by Laura Joffe Numeroff
If You Give a Moose a Muffin, by Laura Joffe Numeroff
If You Give a Pig a Pancake, by Laura Joffe Numeroff
Corduroy, by Don Freeman, Weekly Reader
Stellaluna, by Janell Cannon
Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak
Caps For Sale, by Esphyr Slobedkina
Guess How Much I Love You, by Sam McBratney
Jesse Bear, Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear?, by Nancy White Carlstrom,
The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats
Peter’s Chair, by Ezra Jack Keats
The Napping House, by Audrey Wood
Quick As A Cricket, by Audrey Wood,
The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear, by Don and Audrey Wood
Froggy series by Jonathan London
Moonbear’s Dream, by Frank Asch
Harry The Dirty Dog, by Gene Zion
A Color of His Own, by Leo Lionni
Swimmy, by Leo Lionni
Carlos and the Cornfield, by Jan Romero Stevens, Scholastic
Gorilla, by Ruth Bornstein
Bedtime for Frances, by Russell Hoban
Dear Zoo, by Rod Campbell
Animals Should Definitely Not Act Like People, by Judi Barrett,
I Have A Friend, by Keiko Narahashi,
The Three Javelinas by Susan Lowell
Me and My Babysitter, by Mercer Mayer
Rainbow Fish, Marcus Pfister,
Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathman
I Spy series, photos by Walter Wick, rhymes by Jean Marzullo,
Have You Seen My Duckling?, Nancy Tafuri,
Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom, by Bill Martin Jr and John Archanbault

3. What can volunteers do?
We are always looking for help! Would you like to: Donate books? Organize a book drive? Become a parent educator? Have an idea for a fund raiser? Please contact us!